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ANKYLOSAURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ankylosaurus mean? 

ANKYLOSAURUS (noun)
  The noun ANKYLOSAURUS has 1 sense:

1. having the back covered with thick bony plates; thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard'splay

  Familiarity information: ANKYLOSAURUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANKYLOSAURUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having the back covered with thick bony plates; thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard's

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

ankylosaur; ankylosaurus

Hypernyms ("ankylosaurus" is a kind of...):

armored dinosaur (dinosaurs having bony armour)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ankylosaurus"):

Edmontonia (heavily armored and highly spiked dinosaur with semi-upright posture)

Holonyms ("ankylosaurus" is a member of...):

genus Ankylosaurus (armored herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous)


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