Frill — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs

an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fɹˈɪl/

🇬🇧British English

/fɹˈɪl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fɹˈɪl/

1 syllable Say it as /fɹˈɪl/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

trumpery gimcrackery nonsense ruffle ruff folderal falderol gimcrack flounce furbelow

Word Forms

frilly	adjective	having decorative ruffles or frills
ruffle	verb	pleat or gather into a ruffle

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Krause

(Paläontologie) eine Knochenplatte, die sich hinter dem Schädel vieler ceratopsischer Dinosaurier nach oben wölbt

🇫🇷French

volant

(paléontologie) plaque osseuse qui se courbe vers le haut derrière le crâne de nombreux dinosaures cératopsiens.

🇪🇸Spanish

lechuguilla

(paleontología) una placa ósea que se curva hacia arriba detrás del cráneo de muchos dinosaurios ceratopsianos

🇮🇹Italian

volant

(paleontologia) una placca ossea che curva verso l'alto dietro il cranio di molti dinosauri ceratopsiani

🇳🇱Dutch

franje

(paleontologie) een benige plaat die omhoog buigt achter de schedel van veel ceratopsische dinosauriërs

🇵🇹Portuguese

babado

(paleontologia) uma placa óssea que se curva para cima atrás do crânio de muitos dinossauros ceratopsianos

🇷🇺Russian

оборка

(палеонтология) костная пластина, загибающаяся вверх за черепом многих цератопсовых динозавров.

India

🇮🇳Hindi

झालर

(जीवाश्म विज्ञान) एक हड्डी की प्लेट जो कई सेराटोप्सियन डायनासोर की खोपड़ी के पीछे ऊपर की ओर मुड़ती है

🇧🇩Bengali

ফ্রিল

(প্যালিওন্টোলজি) একটি হাড়ের প্লেট যা অনেক সিরাটোপসিয়ান ডাইনোসরের মাথার খুলির পিছনে উপরের দিকে বাঁকা হয়

🇮🇳Marathi

फ्रिल

(पॅलिओन्टोलॉजी) एक हाडाची प्लेट जी अनेक सेराटोप्सियन डायनासोरच्या कवटीच्या मागे वर वळते

🇮🇳Gujarati

ફ્રિલ

(પેલિયોન્ટોલોજી) એક હાડકાની પ્લેટ જે ઘણા સેરાટોપ્સિયન ડાયનાસોરની ખોપરીની પાછળ ઉપર તરફ વળે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಫ್ರಿಲ್

(ಪ್ಯಾಲಿಯಂಟಾಲಜಿ) ಅನೇಕ ಸೆರಾಟೋಪ್ಸಿಯನ್ ಡೈನೋಸಾರ್‌ಗಳ ತಲೆಬುರುಡೆಯ ಹಿಂದೆ ಮೇಲ್ಮುಖವಾಗಿ ವಕ್ರವಾಗಿರುವ ಎಲುಬಿನ ತಟ್ಟೆ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਫਰਿਲ

(ਪੈਲੀਓਨਟੋਲੋਜੀ) ਇੱਕ ਬੋਨੀ ਪਲੇਟ ਜੋ ਬਹੁਤ ਸਾਰੇ ਸੇਰਾਟੋਪਸੀਅਨ ਡਾਇਨੋਸੌਰਸ ਦੀ ਖੋਪੜੀ ਦੇ ਪਿੱਛੇ ਉੱਪਰ ਵੱਲ ਮੁੜਦੀ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

جھاڑو

(پییلیونٹولوجی) ایک ہڈیوں کی پلیٹ جو بہت سے سیراٹوپسین ڈائنوسار کی کھوپڑی کے پیچھے اوپر کی طرف مڑتی ہے

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

褶边

（古生物学）许多角龙恐龙头骨后面向上弯曲的骨板

🇯🇵Japanese

フリル

(古生物学)多くの角竜の頭蓋骨の後ろで上向きに湾曲した骨板

🇰🇷Korean

주름

(고생물학) 많은 각룡류 공룡의 두개골 뒤에서 위쪽으로 구부러진 뼈판

🇻🇳Vietnamese

diềm xếp nếp

(cổ sinh vật học) một tấm xương cong lên phía sau hộp sọ của nhiều loài khủng long ceratopsian

🇹🇭Thai

ครุย

(บรรพชีวินวิทยา) แผ่นกระดูกที่โค้งขึ้นไปด้านหลังกะโหลกของไดโนเสาร์เซราทอปเชียนหลายตัว

🇮🇩Indonesian

embel-embel

(Paleontologi) lempeng tulang yang melengkung ke atas di belakang tengkorak banyak dinosaurus ceratopsian

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

هدب

(علم الحفريات) صفيحة عظمية تنحني للأعلى خلف جمجمة العديد من الديناصورات السيراتوبسية

🇮🇷Persian

زواید

(دیرینه شناسی) یک صفحه استخوانی که در پشت جمجمه بسیاری از دایناسورهای سراتوپسی خمیده است.

🇹🇷Turkish

fırfır

(paleontoloji) birçok ceratopsian dinozorun kafatasının arkasında yukarıya doğru kıvrılan kemikli bir tabaka

🇮🇱Hebrew

צִיצִית

(פליאונטולוגיה) לוח גרמי שמתעקל כלפי מעלה מאחורי הגולגולת של דינוזאורים צרטופסיים רבים

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