an·ky·lo·saur ( ng k -l -sôr ) or an·ky·lo·sau·rus (ngk-l-sôrs)n. A large herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous Period, having a squat, heavily armored body and a clubbed tail. [New Latin Ankylosaurus, genus name : Greek ankulos, crooked, bent + Greek sauros, lizard.] |
ankylosaur [ˈæŋkɪləʊˌsɔː]
n
(Earth Sciences / Palaeontology) any of various quadrupedal herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs constituting the suborder Ankylosauria, which were most abundant in upper Cretaceous times and had a very heavily armoured tanklike body
[from New Latin, from Greek ankulos crooked + -saur]
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| Noun | 1. |  ankylosaur - having the back covered with thick bony plates; thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard'sarmored dinosaur - dinosaurs having bony armour genus Ankylosaurus - armored herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Edmontonia - heavily armored and highly spiked dinosaur with semi-upright posture |
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