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词汇 psittacosaurus
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Definition of psittacosaurus in English:

psittacosaurus

nounsɪˈtakəsɔːrəsˌsidəkōˈsôrəs
  • A partly bipedal herbivorous dinosaur of the mid Cretaceous period, having a parrot-like beak and probably ancestral to other ceratopsians.

    鹦鹉嘴龙

    Genus Psittacosaurus, infraorder Ceratopsia, order Ornithischia

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Psittacosaurus was a strong, agile dinosaur with a powerful beak. A plant-eater, it lived in northeastern Asia between 144 million and 97 million years ago.
    • Psittacosaurus, meaning 'parrot lizard,' was a small, primitive ceratopsian, a plant-eating dinosaur.

Origin

Modern Latin, from Greek psittakos 'parrot' + sauros 'lizard'.

Definition of psittacosaurus in US English:

psittacosaurus

nounˌsidəkōˈsôrəs
  • A partly bipedal herbivorous dinosaur of the mid Cretaceous period, having a parrot-like beak and probably ancestral to other ceratopsians.

    鹦鹉嘴龙

    Genus Psittacosaurus, infraorder Ceratopsia, order Ornithischia

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Psittacosaurus, meaning 'parrot lizard,' was a small, primitive ceratopsian, a plant-eating dinosaur.
    • The Psittacosaurus was a strong, agile dinosaur with a powerful beak. A plant-eater, it lived in northeastern Asia between 144 million and 97 million years ago.

Origin

Modern Latin, from Greek psittakos ‘parrot’ + sauros ‘lizard’.

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