ankylosaur
/ˈæŋkɪləʊsɔː(r)/noun
1- a heavily built quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous period, armoured with bony plates甲龙。
1.1
- Infraorder Ankylosauria, order Ornithischia: several genera, in particular Ankylosaurus.甲龙亚目, 鸟龙目:数属, 尤指弯甲龙属。
词源
early 20th cent.: from modern Latin Ankylosaurus, from Greek ankulos (see ANKYLOSIS) + sauros 'lizard'.