Main Entry:

saur·is·chi·an

Pronunciation:

\(ˌ)sȯ-ˈris-kē-ən\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

New Latin Saurischia, ultimately from Greek sauros lizard + New Latin ischium ischium

Date:

circa 1889

: any of an order (Saurischia) of herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaurs that have the pubis of the pelvis typically pointed downward and forward and that include the sauropods and theropods — compare ornithischian

— saurischian adjective