Achillobator
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin Achilles (from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús)) + Mongolian баатар (baatar, “hero”), named by Altangerel Perle in 1999 in reference to the Achilles tendon, which powered its sickle-shaped claws.
Proper noun
†Achillobator m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Dromaeosauridae – a theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Mongolia.