Definition of Ankylosaur

1. Noun. Having the back covered with thick bony plates; thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard's.

Exact synonyms: Ankylosaurus
Generic synonyms: Armored Dinosaur
Group relationships: Genus Ankylosaurus
Specialized synonyms: Edmontonia

Definition of Ankylosaur

1. Noun. an ankylosaurus ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ankylosaur

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ankylosaur

anklungs
ankus
ankuses
ankush
ankushes
ankylo-
ankylodactyly
ankylography
ankylomele
ankylopoietic
ankyloproctia
ankylosaur (current term)
ankylosaurid
ankylosaurids
ankylosaurs
ankylosaurus
ankylosauruses
ankylose
ankylosed
ankylosed tooth
ankyloses
ankylosing
ankylosing hyperostosis
ankylosing spondylitis
ankylosis
ankylostomiases

Literary usage of Ankylosaur

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"... Smilodon, against whose attacks the creature may have guarded itself in much the same way as the ankylosaur met those jf Tyrannosaurus. Ceratopsia. ..."

2. This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonicsby W. Jackquelyne Klous, Robert I. Tilling by W. Jackquelyne Klous, Robert I. Tilling (1996)
"... boxes) at the southern end of Australia was well within the Antarctic Circle, more than 40 degrees closer to the South Pole than it is today. ankylosaur ..."

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