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Translingual
Etymology
From Mandarin 西峽/西峡 (Xīxiá, “Xixia County, Henan”) + -saurus.
Proper noun
Xixiasaurus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Troodontidae – a theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of China.