Etymology

micropachycephalosaurus

Today it means: a very small pachycephalosaurid, ornithischian dinosaur of the genus Micropachycephalosaurus. Full definition →

Ancient Greek μικρός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμικρός“small”
  2. English todaymicropachycephalosaurus

From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + παχύς (pakhús, “thick”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard, reptile”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμικρός all →

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