Nipponosaurus

Translingual

Etymology

From English Nippono- (“Japan”) +‎ -saurus, due to Sakhalin being part of Japan when first discovered.

Proper noun

Nipponosaurus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hadrosauridae – a hadrosaur dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Sakhalin island.
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