Etymology

lizard-hipped

Today it means: Belonging to the clade Saurischia, a group of dinosaurs typically characterised by a pelvic structure in which the pubis projects forward, forming a three-pronged arrangement. Full definition →

taxonomic name Saurischia ← Ancient Greek σαῦρος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσαῦρος“lizard”
  2. taxonomic name · calque ofSaurischia
  3. English todaylizard-hipped

Calque of taxonomic name Saurischia, from Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”) + ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip joint”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσαῦρος all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.