ankylosaur in British English
(ˈæŋkɪləʊˌsɔː) or ankylosaurus (ˌæŋkɪləʊˈsɔːrəs)
noun
any of various quadrupedal herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs constituting the suborder Ankylosauria, which were most abundant in upper Cretaceous times and had a very heavily armoured tanklike body
Word origin
C20: from New Latin, from Greek ankulos crooked + -saurankylosaur in American English
(ˈæŋkəloʊˌsɔr)
noun
any of a suborder (Ankylosauria) of heavily armored, short-legged ornithischian dinosaursof the Cretaceous
Word origin
< ModL < Gr ankylos, crooked (see ankle) + -saurImage ofankylosaur
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