Achillobator
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Translingual
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Achillobator_reconstruction.png/220px-Achillobator_reconstruction.png)
Etymology
[edit]From Latin Achilles (from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús)) + Mongolian баатар (baatar, “hero”), named by Altangerel Perle in 1999 in reference to the Achilles tendon, which powered its sickle-shaped claws.
Proper noun
[edit]†Achillobator m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Dromaeosauridae – a theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Mongolia.