snout
恐竜に対する印象が変わるかもしれない発見です。新たな研究によると，恐竜には羽毛が生えていたのではいかという推論がなされております。おどろくべきことに，中国で発見された肉食恐竜の化石，ロシアで発見された草食恐竜両種族とも羽毛が生えていたと考えられております。つまり，恐竜という種族はすべて羽毛が生えていたのではないかとも言われております。記事の中で気になった単語は"snout"です。『Wisdom英和辞典第三版（三省堂）』によると「（豚などの）鼻先，（鼻に似た）突出物」などという意味がありました。ODでは"The projecting nose and mouth of an animal, especially a mammal"とあります。本文では，Kulindadromeus zabaikalicusという種の恐竜の特徴を表すのに使われております。（Ume）
'Fluffy and feathery' dinosaurs were widespread
All dinosaurs were covered with feathers or had the potential to grow feathers, a study suggests.
The discovery of 150-million-year-old fossils in Siberia indicates that feathers were much more widespread among dinosaurs than previously thought.
The find "has completely changed our vision of dinosaurs", the lead researcher told BBC News.
The details have been published in the journal Science.
The creature, called Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus, was about 1m long, with a short snout, long hind legs, short arms, and five strong fingers.
Its teeth show clear adaptations for chewing plants.
Until now, fossilised evidence of feathery dinosaurs has come from China and from a meat eating group called theropods.
The latest discovery, in Russia, is from a completely separate group of plant-eating dinosaurs called ornithischians - which account for half of all dinosaurs.
