Achillobator

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin Achilles (from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús)) + Mongolian баатар (baatar, “hero”), named by Altangerel Perle in 1999 in reference to the Achilles tendon, which powered its sickle-shaped claws.

Proper noun

†Achillobator m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Dromaeosauridae – a theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Mongolia.