ankylosaur
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an·ky·lo·saur

noun \ˈaŋ-kə-lō-ˌsr\

Definition of ANKYLOSAUR

: any of a suborder (Ankylosauria) of herbivorous Cretaceous ornithiscian dinosaurs having a long low-lying thickset body covered dorsally with bony plates

Origin of ANKYLOSAUR

New Latin Ankylosauria, from Ankylosaurus
First Known Use: 1908

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