泉龙 (quánlóng): (paleontology) "spring dragon" — Chinese naming element for certain dinosaur or reptile fossil genera (e.g. 灵武龙 variants, 酒泉龙)

Meanings

1 (paleontology) "spring dragon" — Chinese naming element for certain dinosaur or reptile fossil genera (e.g. 灵武龙 variants, 酒泉龙)
2 also a Chinese personal/place name element

Characters

泉

quán

spring (water source)

龙

lóng

dragon; -saurus (dinosaur suffix)

Examples

"泉龙"常出现在中国恐龙的属名中。

"Quánlóng" cháng chūxiàn zài Zhōngguó kǒnglóng de shǔmíng zhōng.

"Quanlong" often appears in the genus names of Chinese dinosaurs.

根据化石产地，这种恐龙被命名为泉龙。

Gēnjù huàshí chǎndì, zhè zhǒng kǒnglóng bèi mìngmíng wéi quánlóng.

Based on the fossil locality, this dinosaur was named quanlong ("spring dragon").

Tips

usage

Not in CC-CEDICT or Xinhua as a standalone lexical item. In the THUOCL news-frequency "animal" list 泉龙 is most likely a fragment of a longer paleontological genus name (e.g. 酒泉龙) or a proper-noun use (a place/person name). Treat with caution outside paleontology context.