hypsilophodont

English

Etymology

From the genus name translingual Hypsilophodont. By surface analysis, hypsi- +‎ loph- +‎ -odont, from Ancient Greek ὑψίλοφος (hupsílophos).

Noun

hypsilophodont (plural hypsilophodonts)

  1. Any of the genus †Hypsilophodon of small ornithopod herbivorous dinosaurs.

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.