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saurischian

saurischian noun: any dinosaur of the order Saurischia.

Noun

saurischian (plural saurischians)

  1. Any dinosaur of the order Saurischia.

Adjective

saurischian (comparative more saurischian, superlative most saurischian)

  1. Characteristic of the dinosaurs of the order Saurischia.

Forms of saurischian

Noun
pluralsaurischians
Adjective
comparativemore saurischian
superlativemost saurischian

Origin of saurischian

From Translingual Saurischia + English -an.

Questions about saurischian

What does saurischian mean?
Saurischian means any dinosaur of the order Saurischia.
What part of speech is saurischian?
Saurischian can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of saurischian?
The plural of saurischian is saurischians.

Words near saurischian in the dictionary

  1. saurichthyiforms
  2. Saurier
  3. sauries
  4. sauriosis
  5. Sauris
  6. saurischian
  7. saurischians
  8. sauro-
  9. saurochory
  10. Sauroctonos
  11. saurognathism

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