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ANKYLOSAURUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

ankylosaur; ankylosaurus

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("ankylosaurus" is a kind of...):

armored dinosaur (dinosaurs having bony armour)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ankylosaurus"):

Edmontonia (heavily armored and highly spiked dinosaur with semi-upright posture)

Holonyms ("ankylosaurus" is a member of...):

genus Ankylosaurus (armored herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous)

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