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# ankylosaurus

noun (an ankylosaurus, ankylosauruses or ankylosauri)

«ankylosaurus» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ankylosaurus/#m1)
2. It lived at the end of the age of dinosaurs (the Late Cretaceous), in what is now North America. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ankylosaurus/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ankylosaurus/#x1)
- An ankylosaurus was covered in bony plates. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ankylosaurus/#x2)
- Ankylosaurus ate low plants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ankylosaurus/#x3)
- We saw an ankylosaurus skeleton at the museum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ankylosaurus/#x4)
- Its armour was an adaptation to keep it safe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ankylosaurus/#x5)
- The ankylosaurus was about as long as a bus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ankylosaurus/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ankylosaurus» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ankylosaurus/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ankylosaurus» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ankylosaurus.html) on Mova free.