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Agathaumas

noun
Ag·​a·​thau·​mas | \ ˌa-gə-ˈthȯ-məs\

Definition of Agathaumas

: a genus of herbivorous dinosaurs related to and possibly not distinct from Triceratops

First Known Use of Agathaumas

1876, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Agathaumas

borrowed from New Latin, from Greek aga-, intensifying prefix + New Latin -thaumant-, -thaumas, derivative of Greek thaûma “wonder, marvel” (perhaps after Thaûmas, a son of Pontus and Gaia)

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