Palaeontology 【古生物】
- of, relating to, or denoting herbivorous dinosaurs of an order distinguished by having a pelvic structure resembling that of birds（与）鸟臀目恐龙（有关）的。比较SAURISCHIAN.
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- an ornithischian dinosaur鸟臀目恐龙。
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- Order Ornithischia, superorder Dinosauria; comprises the stegosaurs, ankylosaurs, ornithopods, pachycephalosaurs, and ceratopsians.鸟臀目, 恐龙总目; 包括剑龙, 甲龙, 鸟脚龙, 肿头龙和角龙。
词源
early 20th cent.: from modern Latin Ornithiscia, from Greek ornis, ornith- 'bird' + iskhion 'hip joint'.