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saltopus

saltopus noun: a small carnivorous dinosaur, Saltopus elginensis, which lived during the upper Triassic era.

Noun

saltopus (plural saltopuses)

  1. A small carnivorous dinosaur, Saltopus elginensis, which lived during the upper Triassic era.

Forms of saltopus

pluralsaltopuses

Origin of saltopus

From the genus name.

Questions about saltopus

What does saltopus mean?
Saltopus means a small carnivorous dinosaur, Saltopus elginensis, which lived during the upper Triassic era.
What part of speech is saltopus?
Saltopus is a noun.
What is the plural of saltopus?
The plural of saltopus is saltopuses.

Words near saltopus in the dictionary

  1. saltometer
  2. saltometers
  3. Salton City
  4. Salton Sea
  5. Salton Sea Beach
  6. saltopus
  7. saltopuses
  8. saltorel
  9. saltorels
  10. saltos
  11. Saltoses

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