psittacosaurus
/sɪˈtakəsɔːrəs
/noun
A partly bipedal herbivorous dinosaur of the mid Cretaceous period, having a parrot-like beak and probably ancestral to other ceratopsians.
- Genus Psittacosaurus, infraorder Ceratopsia, order Ornithischia.
- The Psittacosaurus was a strong, agile dinosaur with a powerful beak. A plant-eater, it lived in northeastern Asia between 144 million and 97 million years ago.
Origin
Modern Latin, from Greek psittakos 'parrot' + sauros 'lizard'.
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