noun
mei long; sleeping dragon dinosaur
Refers to the troodontid dinosaur Mei long, known from a fossil specimen preserved in a sleeping posture. The name is Chinese for 'soundly sleeping dragon'.
from Chinese
メイロンは中国で発見された小型の恐竜です。
Mei long is a small dinosaur discovered in China.
メイロンの化石は、眠っている姿勢で保存されていました。
The fossil of Mei long was preserved in a sleeping posture.
From Chinese 寐 (mèi, 'sleep soundly') + 龍／龙 (lóng, 'dragon'), named after the sleeping posture of the holotype fossil.