English Explanatory Dictionary

nodosaur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of nodosaurus, Nodosaurus textilis, an ankylosaurian dinosaur of the Cretaceous period lacking a clublike tail.
  2. Synonym of nodosaurid, any member of the family †Nodosauridae.

Word forms

nodosaur nodosaurs

Etymology

Clipping of nodosaurus, from translingual Nodosaurus, from New Latin, from Latin nodosus (“knobby, knotted”) + -saurus, equivalent to nodo- + -saur.

Synonyms

nodosaurus Nodosaurus textilis nodosaurid any member of the family †Nodosauridae
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on N Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary