subclass archosauria
English Thesaurus
1. a large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | class, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | order ornithischia, ornithischia, |
| definition | : | extinct terrestrial reptiles having bird-like pelvises: armored dinosaurs (thyreophorans); boneheaded and horned dinosaurs (marginocephalians); duck-billed dinosaurs (euronithopods) (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | order saurischia, saurischia, |
| definition | : | extinct terrestrial reptiles: theropods (carnivorous); sauropods (herbivorous) (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | order thecodontia, thecodontia, |
| definition | : | extinct terrestrial reptiles having teeth set in sockets; of the late Permian to Triassic (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | class reptilia, reptilia, |
| definition | : | class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals (noun.animal) |
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