hypsilophodont
/ˌhɪpsɪˈlɒfədɒnt/(亦作hypsilophodontid /ˌhɪpsəˌlɒfəˈdɒntɪd/)
noun
1- a small bipedal herbivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, adapted for swift running棱齿恐龙。
1.1
- Family Hypsilophodontidae, infraorder Ornithopoda, order Ornithischia.棱齿龙科, 鸟脚下目, 鸟臀目。
词源
late 19th cent.: from modern Latin Hypsilophodontidae, from Greek hupsilophos 'high-crested' + odous, odont- 'tooth'.