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Which dinosaur was given a greek name meaning roofed lizard because of the plate shaped shingles on it's back?
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That would be the STEGOSAURS
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Which dinosaur was given a Greek name meaning roofed lizard because of the plateshaped shingles on its back?
That would be the STEGOSAURS
Does dinosaur mean terrible lizard?
The dinosaur who's name means tyrant lizard king is tyrannosaurus rex; tyranno meaning "tyrant", saurus meaning "lizard", and rex meaning "king".
What The word dinosaur means?
I fink it means 'big lizard' but I'm not sure.
Where does the dinosaur come from?
The term dinosaur was coined in 1842 by Sir Richard Owen and derives from Greek deinos, meaning "terrible, powerful, wondrous" + sauros meaning "lizard".The most common translation for dinosaur is Terrible Lizard.
What is the meaning of sauropod dinosaur?
Sauropod translates as "lizard foot."
Where does the word dinosaur mean?
Dinosaur translates to "terrible lizard."
Why do you spell dinosaur with the letter d?
because dinosaur in English it means terrible lizard,so if no d it would be errible lizard
What kind of a animal was a dinosaur?
A dinosaur was a prehistoric lizard.Dinosaur was a reptile. The word Dinosaur, derived from the Greek word "deinos", meaning "marvelous" or "terrible", and "sauros", meaning "lizard".
What does saur mean as in dinosaur thesaurus etc?
In dinosaur, "sauros" comes from Greek, meaning lizard. Thesaurus is from the greek thesauros, meaning collection or treasure.
What dinosaur gets its name from tyrant?
Tyrannosaurus - name meaning tyrant lizard
What is the largest name of a dinosaur in the world?
Micropachycephalosaurus (meaning small thick head lizard) is the largest name of a dinosaur in the world.
What does dinausaur mean in Greek?
Dinosaur(*) is a greek word and it comes from the words δεινός (dinos) which means big and terrific and σαύρα(savra) which means lizard and the word is "δεινόσαυρος"(dinosavros)
