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MARGINOCEPHALIAN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Includes boneheaded (pachycephalosaurs) and horned (ceratopsian) dinosaurs

Synonyms:

Marginocephalia; marginocephalian; suborder Marginocephalia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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 bird-like pelvises: armored dinosaurs (thyreophorans); boneheaded and horned dinosaurs (marginocephalians); duck-billed dinosaurs (euronithopods))

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