Etymology

ornithomimus

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Today it means: Any relatively small theropod dinosaur of the genus †Ornithomimus, the first genus of the ornithomimids to be described. Full definition →

translingual Ornithomimus
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  1. translingual · borrowed fromOrnithomimus
  2. English todayornithomimus

Borrowed from translingual Ornithomimus, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”) + Latin mīmus (“mimic”).

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