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Definition of Ornithischian dinosaur
1. Noun. Herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird.
Exact synonyms: Ornithischian
Generic synonyms: Dinosaur
Group relationships: Order Ornithischia, Ornithischia
Specialized synonyms: Pisanosaur, Pisanosaurus, Staurikosaur, Staurikosaurus, Armored Dinosaur, Bone-headed Dinosaur, Ceratopsian, Horned Dinosaur, Ornithopod, Ornithopod Dinosaur, Duck-billed Dinosaur, Hadrosaur, Hadrosaurus
Generic synonyms: Dinosaur
Group relationships: Order Ornithischia, Ornithischia
Specialized synonyms: Pisanosaur, Pisanosaurus, Staurikosaur, Staurikosaurus, Armored Dinosaur, Bone-headed Dinosaur, Ceratopsian, Horned Dinosaur, Ornithopod, Ornithopod Dinosaur, Duck-billed Dinosaur, Hadrosaur, Hadrosaurus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ornithischian Dinosaur
Literary usage of Ornithischian dinosaur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Late Triassic Footprint Fauna from the Culpeper Basin, Northern Virginia by Robert E. Weems (1987)
"... of the foot of Heterodontosaurus tucki (Luca and others, 1976). Therefore,
this trackmaker is considered to have been a small ornithischian dinosaur. ..."
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