espinossauro

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from taxonomic name Spinosaurus. By surface analysis, espino- +‎ -sauro.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.pi.noˈsaw.ɾu/ [is.pi.noˈsaʊ̯.ɾu], /es.pi.noˈsaw.ɾu/ [es.pi.noˈsaʊ̯.ɾu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.pi.noˈsaw.ɾu/ [iʃ.pi.noˈsaʊ̯.ɾu], /eʃ.pi.noˈsaw.ɾu/ [eʃ.pi.noˈsaʊ̯.ɾu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.pi.noˈsaw.ɾo/ [es.pi.noˈsaʊ̯.ɾo]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pi.nuˈsaw.ɾu/

  • Rhymes: -awɾu
  • Hyphenation: es‧pi‧nos‧sau‧ro

Noun

espinossauro m (plural espinossauros)

  1. spinosaurus (any theropod of the genus †Spinosaurus)
    Hypernym: espinossaurídeo
    • 2016 April, Marcos Pivetta, “Na água com o espinossauro [In the water with the spinosaurs]”, in Pesquisa FAPESP‎[1], number 242, São Paulo, archived from the original on 24 January 2025, Teste do qui-quadrado [Chi-squared test], page 57, column 1:
      Encontrar fósseis de espinossauros, ou de qualquer dinossauro ou vertebrado, em sedimentos associados a antigos lagos ou áreas litorâneas não quer dizer necessariamente que esse tipo de lugar era um de seus nichos ecológicos.
      Finding fossils of spinosaurs, or of any dinosaur or vertebrate, in sediments associated with ancient lakes or coastal areas does not necessarily mean that this type of habitat was one of their ecological niches.
    • 2020 June 11, Duda Menegassi, “Espinossauro, o dinossauro gigantesco que sabia nadar [Spinosaurus, the gigantic dinosaurs that could swim]”, in ((o))eco‎[2], Rio de Janeiro, archived from the original on 25 June 2020:
      A história evolutiva do espinossauro e seu lugar na árvore genealógica dos grupo de animais ainda permanece misteriosa.
      Spinosaurus’s evolutive history and its place in the genealogy of the animal groups remains mysterious.

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