ankylosaurus

«ankylosaurus» in Mova's school dictionary: An ankylosaurus was a large, plant-eating dinosaur… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an ankylosaurus, ankylosauruses or ankylosauri)

meaning for a pupil

1) An ankylosaurus was a large, plant-eating dinosaur covered in thick bony plates, like armour, with a heavy club at the end of its tail. tree →

2) It lived at the end of the age of dinosaurs (the Late Cretaceous), in what is now North America. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and dinosaur lessons, the ankylosaurus is the «armoured tank» of dinosaurs: it defended itself from meat eaters such as Tyrannosaurus rex by swinging its tail club. It is used to teach about fossils, adaptations and herbivores. Phrases: «tail club», «armoured dinosaur».

examples

• The ankylosaurus swung its tail club at the T. rex. tree →
• An ankylosaurus was covered in bony plates. tree →
• Ankylosaurus ate low plants. tree →
• We saw an ankylosaurus skeleton at the museum. tree →
• Its armour was an adaptation to keep it safe. tree →
• The ankylosaurus was about as long as a bus. tree →

note

Countable; use «an». Plural «ankylosauruses» (some books say «ankylosaurs» for the whole group). Pronounced ANK-ih-lo-SAW-rus. The name means «fused lizard», because its bones were joined. It did not live at the same time as people.

In the corpora

• Ankylosaurus was covered with bony plates in its skin and had a heavy club on its tail that could break a predator's leg.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ankylosaurus» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.