khủng long

Etymology
, from or directly from. For the extended sense, or.

It is unclear when this term was adopted. In Địa cầu vạn vật luận - Động vật (1920), written by a French bishop, the term was used to refer to "fossilized terrestrial crocodiles" such as, ,.

Noun

 * a
 * 1)  some other prehistoric reptiles, such as pterosaurs and ichthyosaurs