pachycephalosaurus

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How do you pronounce pachycephalosaurus?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpækɪˌsɛfələˈsɔːɹəs/.

What does pachycephalosaurus mean?

Any of a group of herbivorous dinosaurs, of the genus Pachycephalosaurus from the late Cretaceous period.

Where does pachycephalosaurus come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *bʰénǵʰus Proto-Hellenic *pəkʰús Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús) Proto-Indo-European *gʰébʰōlder. Proto-Hellenic *kʰepʰəlā́ Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ) Pre-Greekbor. Ancient Greek σαύρα (saúra) Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros)bor. Translingual -saurus Translingual Pachycephalosaurusbor. English pachycephalosaurus Borrowed from translingual Pachycephalosaurus, from pachy- (“thick”) + cephalo- (“head”) + -saurus (“lizard”).

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