Etymology

ankylosaurid

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Today it means: Any member of the family Ankylosauridae, ankylosaurians with clublike tails. Full definition →

taxonomic name Ankylosauridae ← New Latin -idae ← Ancient Greek -ίδης
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived from-ίδης“-son, son of”
  2. New Latin · borrowed from-idae“-id, related to”
  3. taxonomic name · borrowed fromAnkylosauridae
  4. English todayankylosaurid

From taxonomic name Ankylosauridae, from Ankylosaurus + New Latin -idae (“-id, related to”), from Ancient Greek -ίδης (-ídēs, “-son, son of”). Equivalent to ankylosaur + -id.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.