psittacosaurid

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noun

Any dinosaur of the family †Psittacosauridae; a psittacosaurus

OriginAncient Greek ψιττακός →
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Meanings

nounpsittacosaurid (plural psittacosaurids)

plural psittacosaurids

  1. Any dinosaur of the family †Psittacosauridae; a psittacosaurus
adjectivepsittacosaurid (comparative more psittacosaurid, superlative most psittacosaurid)

comparative more psittacosaurid · superlative most psittacosaurid

  1. Describing these animals

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekσαύρα“lizard”
  2. Ancient Greekψιττακός“parrot”
  3. Englishpsittacosaurid

From the taxonomic name for the family, itself derived from the name of the type genus Psittacosaurus, coined in 1923 by Henry Fairfield Osborn from Ancient Greek ψιττακός (psittakós, “parrot”) + Ancient Greek σαύρα (saúra, “lizard”), due to its parrot-like beak.

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