spinosaurus

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spinosaurus

/ˌspaɪnəˈsɔːɹəs/

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From the taxonomic name Spinosaurus. By surface analysis, spino- (“spine”) + -saurus (suffix forming names for dinosaurs).

noun spinosauruses · 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.
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Español	espinosaurio
한국어	스피노사우루스 seupinosauruseu
日本語	スピノサウルス
中文	棘龍 /棘龙 jílóng
Português	espinossauro
Français	spinosaure
Ελληνικά	σπινόσαυρος spinósavros
Русский	спиноза́вр spinozávr

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@misc{spinosaurus_2026,
  title = {spinosaurus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spinosaurus},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}