Etymograph

English

spinosaur

Spinosaur comes from mul-tax Spinosaurus.

  1. mul-taxmodernSpinosaurus
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2006spinosaur

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. mul-taxmodernSpinosaurus
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2006spinosaur

Earliest quotation: 2006, Feb, NewScientist: “Since then, all that has been discovered are some…”

Equivalent to spino- + -saur

Today it means

noun Any theropod dinosaur of the genus †Spinosaurus.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / mul-tax Spinosaurus / spinosaur