1. relating to or belonging to a major group of dinosaurs characterized by a lizard-like hip structure
Usage: paleontology

1. a dinosaur belonging to the group characterized by a lizard-like hip structure, including theropods and sauropods
Usage: paleontology

Examples

• Tyrannosaurus rex was a saurischian dinosaur.
• The saurischian hip structure differs from that of ornithischian dinosaurs.
• Paleontologists discovered several saurischian fossils at the dig site.
• Sauropods and theropods are both types of saurischians.
• The museum’s saurischian exhibit includes models of various meat-eating dinosaurs.
• Scientists classify dinosaurs into two main groups: saurischian and ornithischian.