Nodosaurus

noun

No·​do·​sau·​rus

: a genus of heavily armored North American Upper Cretaceous dinosaurs somewhat resembling gigantic horned toads

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin nodus node, knot + New Latin -saurus

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