English Explanatory Dictionary

pachycephalosaur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a group of herbivorous dinosaurs, of the genus Pachycephalosaurus from the late Cretaceous period.

Word forms

pachycephalosaur pachycephalosaurs

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *pəkʰús Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús) Proto-Hellenic *kʰepʰəlā́ Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ) Ancient Greek σαύρα (saúra) Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros)bor. Translingual -saurus Translingual Pachycephalosauruslbor. English pachycephalosaur From the genus name translingual Pachycephalosaurus, equivalent to pachy- (“thick”) + cephalo- (“head”) + -saur (“lizard”).

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