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dolichoiliac

adjective

Having an elongated preacetabular blade; characterised by elongated and narrow pubes and ischia, often accompanied by large front and back extensions of the ilium.

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Meanings

adjectivedolichoiliac (not comparable)

not comparableHaving an elongated preacetabular blade; characterised by elongated and narrow pubes and ischia, often accompanied by large front and back extensions of the ilium.
The SAUROPODOMORPHA pelvic girdle is propubic and brachyiliac in the shape of the iliac blade (as opposed to the dolichoiliac condition of Theropoda).
1997, Philip J. Currie, Kevin Padian, Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs
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As noted by Colbert (1964) and others, they had developed a dolichoiliac pelvis (with an enlargment of the anterior blade of the ilium) and, I might add, a tendency to increase the height of the ilium.
1988, Kevin Padian, The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs, page 31

Origin

From dolicho- + iliac.

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APA

dolichoiliac. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dolichoiliac

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Chicago

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