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pachycephalosaur

(păkˌĭ-sĕfˈə-lə-sôrˌ)

noun
Any of various medium-sized herbivorous dinosaurs of the genus Pachycephalosaurus of the late Cretaceous period of North America, having a beaked mouth, rows of bumps on the head, and a domed skull up to ten inches (25.4 cm) thick.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin Pachycephalosaurus, genus name

Origin: : Greek pakhus, thick

Origin: + Greek kephalē, head; see ghebh-el- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + Greek sauros, lizard

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