Meanings
plural spinosauruses · plural spinosauri
- A large, extinct, carnivorous dinosaur of genus †Spinosaurus, with a long snout like that of a crocodile and with a sail on its back. It is considered to be the largest theropod dinosaur.
The first spinosaurus remains were discovered in Egypt in 1911, but they were destroyed in 1944 during World War II. A lot of what is known about spinosauruses comes from skull material found in Morocco and Algeria in later years.
2011, Jay Dale, “Spinosaurus”, in Top Ten Dinosaurs (Deadly and Incredible Animals), Mankato, Minn.: Smart Apple Media, published 2012, →ISBN, page 14Synonyms: spinosaur
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large, extinct, carnivorous dinosaur of genus †Spinosaurus, with a long snout like that of a crocodile and with a sail on its back. It is considered to be the largest theropod dinosaur.
Origin
- taxonomic nameSpinosaurus
- Englishspinosaurus
From the taxonomic name Spinosaurus. By surface analysis, spino- (“spine”) + -saurus (suffix forming names for dinosaurs).
More words from taxonomic name
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 棘龍 /棘龙
- 棘龍 /棘龙 (jílóng)Translations
French spinosaure
- spinosaureTranslations
Greek σπινόσαυρος
- σπινόσαυρος (spinósavros)Translations
Japanese スピノサウルス
- スピノサウルスTranslations
Korean 스피노사우루스
- 스피노사우루스 (seupinosauruseu)Translations
Polish spinozaur
- spinozaurTranslations
Portuguese espinossauro
- espinossauroTranslations
Russian спиноза́вр
- спиноза́вр (spinozávr)Translations
Spanish espinosaurio
- espinosaurioTranslations
Cite this entry
spinosaurus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinosaurus
“spinosaurus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinosaurus. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spinosaurus,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinosaurus.
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