ankylosaur

ankylosaur
/ang"keuh loh sawr'/, n.
any of several herbivorous dinosaurs of the suborder Ankylosauria, from the Cretaceous Period, having the body covered with thick, bony plates. Also called armored dinosaur.
[1905-10; < NL Ankylosauria name of the suborder. See ANKYLO-, -SAUR, -IA]

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