Hoplosaurus

armed lizard

• hoplon · Greek · weapon, armor
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines the Greek "hoplon" (weapon or armor) with "sauros" (lizard), so it means "armed lizard" or "armored lizard". It was chosen to suggest a reptile that carried armor or defensive weaponry.

I'm confident this spelling has been used as a published genus name for a dinosaur. I'm not certain of its author, year, material, or current taxonomic standing, so I've left those fields blank rather than guess. It is probably a poorly known or doubtful name, and you should check a current taxonomic source. The meaning above comes from the Greek roots.