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ornithomimus

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /oɹˌnɪ.θoʊˈmaɪ.məs/

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noun

Meaning 1

Any relatively small theropod dinosaur of the genus †Ornithomimus, the first genus of the ornithomimids to be described.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Ornithomimus, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”) + Latin mīmus (“mimic”).

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أُورْنِيثُومِيمُس (ʔūrnīṯūmīmus) — theropod of the genus Ornithomimus
  • Chinese Cantonese: 似鳥龍 /似鸟龙 (ci5 niu5 lung4) — theropod of the genus Ornithomimus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 似鳥龍 /似鸟龙 (sìniǎolóng) — theropod of the genus Ornithomimus
  • Esperanto: ornitomimo — theropod of the genus Ornithomimus
  • Japanese: オルニトミムス (orunitomimusu) — theropod of the genus Ornithomimus
  • Kazakh: орнитомим (ornitomim) — theropod of the genus Ornithomimus
  • Korean: 오르니토미무스 (oreunitomimuseu) — theropod of the genus Ornithomimus
  • Macedonian: орнитомимус (ornitomimus) — theropod of the genus Ornithomimus
  • Polish: ornitomim — theropod of the genus Ornithomimus
  • Russian: орнитоми́м (ornitomím) — theropod of the genus Ornithomimus
  • Serbo-Croatian: орнитомимус — theropod of the genus Ornithomimus
  • Serbo-Croatian: ornitomimus — theropod of the genus Ornithomimus
  • Slovak: ornitomímus — theropod of the genus Ornithomimus
  • Thai: ออร์นิโทไมมัส (ɔɔ-ní-too-mai-más) — theropod of the genus Ornithomimus