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A

agilis (agile, nimble)AJ-ih-lis allo (different, other)AL-oh ankylo (fused, bent)ANG-kih-loh archi (ancient, primitive)AR-kee

B

brachio (arm)BRAY-kee-oh

C

caudo (tail)KAW-doe cephalus (head)SEF-uh-lus cera (horn)SER-uh ceratops (horned face)SAIR-uh-tops

D

dactyl (finger, digit)DAK-til deino (terrible, formidable)DY-no di (two)DY diplo (double)DIP-loh dorso (back)DOR-soh

E

eo (dawn, early)EE-oh eu (true, well)YOO

G

gigas (giant)JY-gus gnathus (jaw)NAY-thus

H

hetero (different, dissimilar)HET-er-oh homo (same, similar)HOH-moh

I

ichthyo (fish)IK-thee-oh

L

leio (smooth)LY-oh lepis (scale)LEP-iss lophos (crest)LOH-foss

M

mega (great, large)MEG-uh micro (small, tiny)MY-kroh mimus (mimic, imitator)MY-mus morphus (form, shape)MOR-fus

N

nanus (dwarf, small)NAY-nus neo (new, recent)NEE-oh

O

odon (tooth)OH-don oligo (few)OL-ih-go onyx (claw, nail)ON-iks opsis (appearance, resemblance)OP-sis ornitho (bird)OR-nih-tho

P

pachy (thick)PAK-ee paleo (ancient, old)PAY-lee-oh phagous (eating)FAY-gus platy (broad, flat)PLAT-ee podium (foot)POH-dee-um podus (foot)POH-dus poly (many)POL-ee proto (first, primitive)PROH-toh pter (wing)TER (the P is silent!)ptero (wing)TAIR-oh pteryx (wing, feather)TER-iks

R

raptor (thief, plunderer)RAP-tor rex (king)REKS rhino (nose)RY-no

S

sarco (flesh)SAR-koh saurus (lizard, reptile)SOR-us stego (roof, plate)STEG-oh steno (narrow)STEN-oh stoma (mouth)STOH-mah suchus (crocodile, like)SOO-kus

T

telo (end)TEE-loh tholus (dome)THOH-lus titan (giant)TY-tan tri (three)TRY

V

venator (hunter)ven-AY-tor ventro (belly, front)VEN-troh

X

xeno (strange, foreign)ZEE-no

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