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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's
Familiarity information: ANKYLOSAURUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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