saurischian

Questions about saurischian

What does saurischian mean?

saurischian means "herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodile".

How many syllables are in saurischian?

saurischian has 4 syllables: sa-u-ri-schian. The stress falls on "ri".

What is another word for saurischian?

Close synonyms include saurischian dinosaur. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is saurischian a common word?

saurischian is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.