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GENUS ANKYLOSAURUS

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Meaning:

Armored herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Ankylosaurus" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ankylosaurus"):

ankylosaur; ankylosaurus (having the back covered with thick bony plates; thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard's)

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

Holonyms ("genus Ankylosaurus" is a member of...):

suborder Thyreophora; Thyreophora; thyreophoran (armored dinosaurs: stegosaurs and ankylosaurs)

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