Definitions
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 theCretaceous period, noted for its heavyarmor and club-like tail.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
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Examples
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If I were to have a mounted head on my wall (as opposed to, say, the casts of a saber tooth tiger or garial or camarasaurus or ankylosaurus that I do have) - but if I were to have a stuffed head of a modernday animal, I would want one of these.
Neil Gaiman owns a Jackalope frankwu 2009
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Like a rhinoceros crossed with an ankylosaurus crossed with a Kevlar vest, he is — I am in awe.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Light at the End of the DADT Tunnel 2010
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We'll meet a baby ankylosaurus incubated from an abandoned egg; rampaging, short-armed carnotauruses; and a pack of nicoraptors, which are like mangy, feral dogs.
Terra Nova Exclusive: On the Set of TV's Hottest New Show 2011
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Like a rhinoceros crossed with an ankylosaurus crossed with a Kevlar vest, he is — I am in awe.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Light at the End of the DADT Tunnel 2010
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It's the same sound I made when I was his age and my mother tried to pronounce “ankylosaurus.”
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The other guitarist will probably be an ankylosaurus.
Stop me before I animate frankwu 2007
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It's the same sound I made when I was his age and my mother tried to pronounce “ankylosaurus.”
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Its oddly flattened body reminded Justin of an aquatic ankylosaurus.
Beowulf's Children Niven, Larry 1995
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Triceratops with its ruffed collar, tyrannosaurus of the fearful teeth, ankylosaurus the plated ambulating tank, trachodon the gentle duck-billed monster-all had vanished.
Centennial Michener, James 1974
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Low-slung and heavily armored, nodosaurs - a group similar to the better-known ankylosaurus - sometimes grew to be 20 feet long.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Brian Vastag 2011
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