ANKYLOSAUR


Meaning of ANKYLOSAUR in English

/ ˈæŋkɪləsɔː(r); NAmE / noun

a type of plant-eating dinosaur covered with hard plates made of bone for protection

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WORD ORIGIN

early 20th cent.: from modern Latin Ankylosaurus , from Greek ankulos crooked + sauros lizard.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.