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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
saurischian /sɔːˈrɪskɪən, -ˈrɪʃɪən/

▶noun Palaeontology a dinosaur of a group with a pelvic structure resembling that of lizards. Compare with ornithischian.

– origin C19: from mod. L. Saurischia (name of an order), from Gk sauros ‘lizard’ + iskhion ‘hip joint’.

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