Ankylosaur


any of several herbivorous dinosaurs of the suborder Ankylosauria, from the Cretaceous Period, having the body covered with thick, bony plates.
Historical Examples

The Polacanthus and ankylosaur developed a most effective armour-plating over the rear.
The Story of Evolution Joseph McCabe

noun
any of various quadrupedal herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs constituting the suborder Ankylosauria, which were most abundant in upper Cretaceous times and had a very heavily armoured tanklike body
ankylosaurus (āng’kə-lō-sôr’əs) or ankylosaur
(āng’kə-lō-sôr’əs)
A large, herbivorous dinosaur of the genus Ankylosaurus of the Cretaceous Period. Ankylosaurs had a squat, heavily armored body and a clubbed tail.

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