abelisaur
English edit
Etymology edit
Formed with -saur.
Noun edit
abelisaur (plural abelisaurs)
- (zoology) Any dinosaur of the superfamily Abelisauroidea.
- 2021 February 25, Cara Giaimo, “The Outsized Influence of Teen T. Rex and Other Young Dinosaurs”, in The New York Times[1]:
- Juvenile T. rexes were light and agile before they leveled up into the adults we’re more familiar with. […] Other megatheropods, including abelisaurs and tarbosaurs, also grew from turkey-like hatchlings to bus-sized behemoths over the course of their lives.