ankylosaur

(aŋ′kə lō sôr′)

noun

any of a suborder (Ankylosauria) of heavily armored, short-legged ornithischian dinosaurs of the Cretaceous

Origin: < ModL < Gr ankylos, crooked (see ankle) + -saur

See ankylosaur in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A large herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous Period, having a squat, heavily armored body and a clubbed tail.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin Ankylosaurus, genus name

Origin: : Greek ankulos, crooked, bent

Origin: + Greek sauros, lizard

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