Alectrosaurus
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Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, either from Ancient Greek ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “cock, rooster”) or ἄλεκτρος (álektros, “unwedded", possibly "alone”) + -saurus.
Proper noun
†Alectrosaurus m
- A taxonomic genus within the suborder Theropoda – a theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Mongolia.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Eureptilia, Romeriida – clades; Diapsida – subclass; Archosauromorpha – infraclass; Archosauria – division; Ornithodira – subsection; Dinosauria – superorder; Saurischia – order
References
Alectrosaurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Tyrannosauroidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Alectrosaurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Alectrosaurus at Paleobiology Database
