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ornithischian (sh) and pragmatical (iou)


ornithischian (sh)




Any of the "bird-hipped" dinosaur species (order Ornithischia), herbivores with hip bones arranged like those of modern birds, with the pubis bone pointed backward.

Many species had a toothless, horny beak and powerful cheek teeth. Ornithischians flourished from the Late Triassic to the Late Cretaceous Epoch (227-65 million years ago). Many species (in the suborder Cerapoda) were bipedal and had ornate skull structures. Some were quadrupedal, with a massive head culminating in a great bony frill. Other quadrupeds (in the suborder Thyreophora) had small heads and were heavily plated and armoured along the back, and some had armour on the flanks and head as well. See also protoceratops; saurischian; stegosaur; triceratops.


pragmatical (iou)



pragmatical adjective. M16.
[formed as PRAGMATIC + -AL1.]
= PRAGMATIC adjective 3. Now rare. M16.
= PRAGMATIC adjective 5. L16.
E. Crankshaw The sort of pragmatical and level-headed guide whom the generations..to come so sorely lacked.
a. Involved in action; active; energetic. Cf. PRAGMATIC adjective 1. E-M17.
b. Experienced, expert; skilled, shrewd. Now rare. M17.
a. Officiously busy, meddlesome. Cf. PRAGMATIC adjective 1. Now rare. E17.
b. = PRAGMATIC adjective 2. E18.
= PRAGMATIC adjective 6. E20.
Linguistics. = PRAGMATIC adjective 7. M20.
pragmati'cality noun M19.
pragmaticalness noun = PRAGMATICISM 1 M17.