ankylosaurus

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌæŋkɪləʊˈsɔərəs/    美 /ˌæŋkəloʊˈsɔːɹəs/|/ˌæŋkɪloʊˈsɔːɹəs/

英文释义

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

词形变化

ankylosauri plural ankylosauruses plural

词源

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.
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