Etymology

hypsilophodont

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Today it means: Any of the genus †Hypsilophodon of small ornithopod herbivorous dinosaurs. Full definition →

translingual Hypsilophodont ← Ancient Greek ὑψίλοφος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὑψίλοφος
  2. translingual · borrowed fromHypsilophodont
  3. English todayhypsilophodont

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

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