Abydosaurus

Translingual

Etymology

From Abydos, Egypt and +‎ -saurus, named in reference to how only the head and neck were found, analogous to a myth about the Egyptian god Osiris, whose head and neck were buried at Abydos.

Proper noun

†Abydosaurus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the clade Saurischia – a macronarian dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Utah.

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 阿比杜斯龍 / 阿比杜斯龙 (Ābǐdùsī lóng) (calque)
  • → English: abydosaurus
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