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ankylosaur

an·ky·lo·saur [ ángkələ sàwr ] (plural an·ky·lo·saurs)


noun 
Definition:
 
heavily armored dinosaur: a plant-eating dinosaur with short legs, a heavy thickset body, and bony dorsal plates. It lived during the Cretaceous period.

[Late 20th century. < modern Latin Ankylosaurus< Greek agkulōsis (see ankylosis) + sauros "lizard"]
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