pachycephalosaur

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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”).

    Noun

    pachycephalosaur (plural pachycephalosaurs)

    1. Any of a group of herbivorous dinosaurs, of the genus Pachycephalosaurus from the late Cretaceous period. [from 20th c.]
      • 2016 September 28, David Hone, “‘Three-eyed’ extinct reptile was a bone-headed dinosaur mimic 100 million years early”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
        One could almost call Triopticus a mimic were it not for the fact that it dates to 228-220 million years ago, meaning that it predates the pachycephalosaurs by over 100 million years.

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