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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A large ankylosaurian dinosaur of the genus Ankylosaurus of the Cretaceous Period, having a clubbed tail.

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  • noun A large, herbivorous dinosaur, of genus Ankylosaurus, that lived in the Cretaceous period, noted for its heavy armor and club-like tail.

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

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin Ankylosaurus, genus name : Greek ankulos, crooked, bent + Greek sauros, lizard.]

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From the genus Ankylosaurus, from Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankulos) + σαῦρος (sauros, "lizard").

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