psittacosaurn.

Brit.

/ˈsɪtəkəˌsɔː/, U.S.

/ˈsɪdəkəˌsɔr/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Psittacosaurus.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Psittacosaurus Psittacosaurus n.: see -saur comb. form. Compare slightly earlier Psittacosaurus n.

Palaeontology.

A dinosaur of the family Psittacosauridae; a psittacosaurus.

ΚΠ

1925 Amer. Mus. Novitates No. 156. 8 Some pre-Wealden bipedal predentate..appears to be..the common ancestral stock..for the psittacosaurs.., nodosaurs or ankylosaurs, and ceratopsians.

1971 Nature 12 Nov. 77/2 The Lower Cretaceous psittacosaurs (family Psittacosauridae) are clearly hypsilophodont derivatives which are highly suggestive of ceratopsian ancestry.

2001 S. G. Lucas Chinese Fossil Vertebr. ix. 167 Polished stones (gastroliths) associated with some psittacosaur skeletons suggest that significant amounts of vegetation were milled in the stomach.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	psittacosaur
释义	psittacosaurn. Brit. /ˈsɪtəkəˌsɔː/, U.S. /ˈsɪdəkəˌsɔr/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Psittacosaurus. Etymology: < scientific Latin Psittacosaurus Psittacosaurus n.: see -saur comb. form. Compare slightly earlier Psittacosaurus n. Palaeontology. A dinosaur of the family Psittacosauridae; a psittacosaurus. ΚΠ 1925 Amer. Mus. Novitates No. 156. 8 Some pre-Wealden bipedal predentate..appears to be..the common ancestral stock..for the psittacosaurs.., nodosaurs or ankylosaurs, and ceratopsians. 1971 Nature 12 Nov. 77/2 The Lower Cretaceous psittacosaurs (family Psittacosauridae) are clearly hypsilophodont derivatives which are highly suggestive of ceratopsian ancestry. 2001 S. G. Lucas Chinese Fossil Vertebr. ix. 167 Polished stones (gastroliths) associated with some psittacosaur skeletons suggest that significant amounts of vegetation were milled in the stomach. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1925
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