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棘鼻青島龍

简棘鼻青岛龙 · 繁棘鼻青島龍

Mandarin · pinyin jí bí Qīng dǎo lóng

Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, a 10 meter long hadrosaur with a single horn on its duck-billed snout

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棘: jí · jujube tree; thorns, brambles
鼻: bí · nose; first; Kangxi radical 209
青: qīng · blue, green; young; Kangxi radical 174
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岛: dǎo · island
龙: lóng · dragon; symbolic of emperor

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2–2–1–3–2 · ji2 bi2 Qing1 dao3 long2

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