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ankylosaurus en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌæŋkəloʊˈsɔːɹəs/ (General-American)
  • /ˌæŋkɪloʊˈsɔːɹəs/ (General-American)
  • /ˌæŋkɪləʊˈsɔərəs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From taxonomic name Ankylosaurus, from ankylo- + -saurus, from Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “crooked”) + New Latin -saurus, from Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”). The word was coined in 1908 without explanation by Barnum Brown and may refer to his mistaken belief that its back was sharply bent in a manner similar to the stegosaurus or to his attention to the fusion of his specimens' rear ribs to their vertebrae, a condition medically known as ankylosis.

Meanings

  1. Ankylosaurus magniventris, a large herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous period notable for its heavy armor and clublike tail.

Forms

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ankylosauruses Number=Plur lexicographic
ankylosauri Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

ankylosaur

Hypernyms

ankylosaurian · ankylosaurine · ankylosaurid · ankylosaur

Relateds

ankylosaurid · ankylosaurian · ankylosaurine

Synonyms

ankylosaur

Translations (23)

bg aнкилозавър (A. magniventris, a large armored dinosaur of the Cretaceous period) · es anquilosaurio (A. magniventris, a large armored dinosaur of the Cretaceous period) · mn анкилозавр (A. magniventris, a large armored dinosaur of the Cretaceous period) · uk анкілозавр (A. magniventris, a large armored dinosaur of the Cretaceous period) · pl ankylozaur (A. magniventris, a large armored dinosaur of the Cretaceous period) · fr ankylosaure (A. magniventris, a large armored dinosaur of the Cretaceous period) · cmn 甲龍屬 /甲龙属 (A. magniventris, a large armored dinosaur of the Cretaceous period) · ko 안킬로사우루스 (A. magniventris, a large armored dinosaur of the Cretaceous period) · fi ankylosaurus (A. magniventris, a large armored dinosaur of the Cretaceous period) · is gaddeðla (A. magniventris, a large armored dinosaur of the Cretaceous period) · el αγκυλόσαυρος (A. magniventris, a large armored dinosaur of the Cretaceous period) · eo ankilosaŭro (A. magniventris, a large armored dinosaur of the Cretaceous period) · ga ancalasár (A. magniventris, a large armored dinosaur of the Cretaceous period) · ru анкилозавр (A. magniventris, a large armored dinosaur of the Cretaceous period) · pt anquilossauro (A. magniventris, a large armored dinosaur of the Cretaceous period) · haw ʻanekilosauru (A. magniventris, a large armored dinosaur of the Cretaceous period) · ja アンキロサウルス (A. magniventris, a large armored dinosaur of the Cretaceous period) · he אנקילוזאורוס (A. magniventris, a large armored dinosaur of the Cretaceous period) · fa آنکیلوسور (A. magniventris, a large armored dinosaur of the Cretaceous period) · it anchilosauro (A. magniventris, a large armored dinosaur of the Cretaceous period) · th แองคิโลซอรัส (A. magniventris, a large armored dinosaur of the Cretaceous period) · uz ankilozavrlar (A. magniventris, a large armored dinosaur of the Cretaceous period) · de Ankylosaurus (A. magniventris, a large armored dinosaur of the Cretaceous period)

wikipedia: Barnum Brown