Dictionary entry

Pelicosauria

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Pel′i‐co‐sau″ri‐a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. πελίκα a wooden bowl (but taken to mean, pelvis) + σαυ̑ροσ a lizard.] (Paleon.) A suborder of Theromorpha, including terrestrial reptiles from the Permian formation.