Achillobator

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Translingual[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin Achilles (from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús)) + Mongolian баатар (baatar, “hero”), named by Altangerel Perle in 1999 in reference to the Achilles tendon, which powered its sickle-shaped claws.

Proper noun[edit]

†Achillobator m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Dromaeosauridae – a theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Mongolia.
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