anquilossauro

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from translingual Ankylosaurus, from Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “crooked”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”). By surface analysis, anquilo- +‎ -sauro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ki.loˈsaw.ɾu/ [ɐ̃.ki.loˈsaʊ̯.ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ki.loˈsaw.ɾu/ [ɐ̃.ki.loˈsaʊ̯.ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ki.loˈsaw.ɾo/ [ɐ̃.ki.loˈsaʊ̯.ɾo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ki.lɔˈsaw.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -awɾu
• Hyphenation: an‧qui‧los‧sau‧ro

Noun

anquilossauro m (plural anquilossauros)

1. ankylosaurus (large herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous)

Related terms

• anquilossáurio
• anqulossaurídeo
• anqulossauromorfo