MARGINOCEPHALIAN
Dictionary entry overview: What does marginocephalian mean?
• MARGINOCEPHALIAN (noun)
The noun MARGINOCEPHALIAN has 1 sense:
1. includes boneheaded (pachycephalosaurs) and horned (ceratopsian) dinosaurs
Familiarity information: MARGINOCEPHALIAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MARGINOCEPHALIAN (noun)
Meaning:
Includes boneheaded (pachycephalosaurs) and horned (ceratopsian) dinosaurs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Marginocephalia; marginocephalian; suborder Marginocephalia
Hypernyms ("marginocephalian" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "marginocephalian"):
suborder Pachycephalosaurus (boneheaded dinosaurs; late Cretaceous)
Ceratopsia; suborder Ceratopsia (horned dinosaurs)
Holonyms ("marginocephalian" is a member of...):
order Ornithischia; Ornithischia (extinct terrestrial reptiles having birdlike pelvises: armored dinosaurs (thyreophorans); boneheaded and horned dinosaurs (marginocephalians); duck-billed dinosaurs (euronithopods))