ankylosaurus
noun
Meaning
A large, herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period characterized by a broad, low-slung body covered in thick bony plates and a heavy tail club.
Examples
- The museum exhibit featured a life-sized model of an ankylosaurus.
- Paleontologists discovered fossilized remains of an ankylosaurus in the Montana badlands.
Synonyms: dinosaur, herbivore, armored dinosaur, thyreophoran