ankylosaurus

See also: Ankylosaurus

English

Illustration of an ankylosaurus.

Etymology

From the genus translingual Ankylosaurus, from Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “crooked”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”); by surface analysis, ankylo- +‎ -saurus. The word was coined in 1908 by Brown, who did not give any explanation. It may have been intended to refer to ankylosis, a medical condition in which bones fuse and can cause a deformity. Ankylosaurs have some rear ribs fused to their vertebrae.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæŋkəloʊˈsɔːɹəs/

Noun

ankylosaurus (plural ankylosauri or ankylosauruses)

1. A large herbivorous dinosaur, of genus Ankylosaurus, that lived in the Cretaceous period, noted for its heavy armor and club-like tail.

Synonyms

• ankylosaur

Translations

large herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous

• Bulgarian: aнкилозавър m (ankilozavǎr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 甲龍屬／甲龙属

• Esperanto: ankilosaŭro
• French: ankylosaure (fr) m
• German: Ankylosaurus
• Greek: αγκυλόσαυρος (el) (agkylósavros)
• Hawaiian: ʻanekilosauru
• Hebrew: אנקילוזאורוס
• Icelandic: gaddeðla
• Irish: ancalasár
• Italian: anchilosauro m
• Japanese: アンキロサウルス (ankirosaurusu)
• Korean: 안킬로사우루스 (ankillosauruseu)
• Mongolian: анкилозавр (ankilozavr)
• Persian: آنکیلوسور
• Polish: ankylozaur m
• Portuguese: anquilossauro m
• Russian: анкилозавр (ru) (ankilozavr)
• Spanish: anquilosaurio (es) m
• Thai: แองคิโลซอรัส
• Ukrainian: анкілозавр (ankilozavr)
• Uzbek: ankilozavrlar

Further reading

• ankylosaurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia