Struthiomimus

noun

Stru·​thio·​mi·​mus

: a genus of small light-boned saurischian dinosaurs lacking teeth, resembling ostriches in size and proportions, and found in the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Struthio + -mimus

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

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