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奇迹龙

奇跡龍
qíjìlóng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (paleontology) dinosaur genus name element meaning "miracle dragon" — used in Chinese translations of fossil genera such as Mirischia or Mirasauridae-style names

Examples

古生物学家给这种新恐龙起名叫奇迹龙。
Gǔshēngwùxué jiā gěi zhè zhǒng xīn kǒnglóng qǐ míng jiào qíjìlóng.
Paleontologists named this new dinosaur "miracle dragon."
奇迹龙的化石保存得异常完整。
Qíjìlóng de huàshí bǎocún de yìcháng wánzhěng.
The miracle dragon's fossils are unusually complete.

Tips

usage
Not in CC-CEDICT or Xinhua as a standalone word. 奇迹龙 is a paleontological calque — "miracle" (奇迹) + -saurus (龙) — used as a Chinese translation for Mirisauria / Mirischia-type genus names. Outside that specialized context, treat as a non-word.

Stroke Order

奇 qí
迹 jì
龙 lóng