Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A suborder or order of dinosaurian reptiles with the inferior pelvic elements directed downward, including the Megalosauridæ, etc.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun extinct terrestrial reptiles: theropods (carnivorous); sauropods (herbivorous)

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Examples

  • They were bipedal (walked on two legs), possessed the [[bird-hipped dinosaur | lizard-like hips]] similar to all [[saurischians]], and they belonged to a subgroup of saurischia known as the Theropods meaning '' beast-footed '' for their 3-toed foot.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Claw of an Allosaurus fragilis. saurischians, and they belonged to a saurischia subgroup known as the

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Claw of an Allosaurus fragilis. saurischians, and they belonged to a saurischia subgroup known as the

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Claw of an Allosaurus fragilis. saurischians, and they belonged to a subgroup of saurischia known as the Theropods meaning beast-footed for their 3-toed foot.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • They were bipedal (walked on two legs), possessed the [[bird-hipped dinosaur | lizard-like hips]] similar to all [[saurischians]], and they belonged to a subgroup of saurischia known as the Theropods meaning '' beast-footed '' for their 3-toed foot.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Claw of an Allosaurus fragilis. saurischians, and they belonged to a saurischia subgroup known as the

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • They were bipedal (walked on two legs), possessed the [[bird-hipped dinosaur | lizard-like hips]] similar to all [[saurischians]], and they belonged to a subgroup of saurischia known as the Theropods meaning '' beast-footed '' for their 3-toed foot.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • They were bipedal (walked on two legs), possessed the [[bird-hipped dinosaur | lizard-like hips]] similar to all [[saurischians]], and they belonged to a subgroup of saurischia known as the Theropods meaning '' beast-footed '' for their 3-toed foot.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Claw of an Allosaurus fragilis. saurischians, and they belonged to a subgroup of saurischia known as the Theropods meaning beast-footed for their 3-toed foot.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Claw of an Allosaurus fragilis. saurischians, and they belonged to a subgroup of saurischia known as the Theropods meaning beast-footed for their 3-toed foot.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

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