Etymology

giganotosaurus

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Today it means: Any of several very large, carnivorous dinosaurs of the subfamily Giganotosaurinae, from the Cretaceous period. Full definition →

translingual Giganotosaurus
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  1. translingual · borrowed fromGiganotosaurus
  2. English todaygiganotosaurus

Borrowed from translingual Giganotosaurus, from giga- (“large”) + noto- (“southern”) + -saurus (“lizard”).

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