LBT Dictionary

The many residents within The Land Before Time Franchise seem to have their own way of defining certain species and things. However, there are many items that have yet to be named by them. On this page, you will find both cannon and fanmade references to all that is provided to us. Please check back as this page will be updated as needed.

Special Thanks to Pangaea of The Gang of Five Land Before Time Forum.

Note: Red = Canon, Blue = Fanbased

Dinosaurs
Ankylosaurus – Clubtail
Archelon – Shellback Swimmer, Shell Swimmer, Shelled Swimmer
Beipiaosaurus – Yellow Belly
Brachytrachelopan – False Longneck, Shortneck, Shortneck Longneck
Carnivore – Sharptooth
• Allosaurus – Ridge-Eye Sharptooth, Scrapebiter Sharptooth
• Baryonyx – Clawhand, Fishing Sharptooth, Longnose Sharptooth, Longsnout Sharptooth
• Carnotaurus – Horned Sharptooth
• Compsognathus – Little Biter, Nipper, Safe Sharptooth, Tiny Biter, Tiny Sharptooth
• Deinonychus – Fastclaw, Sickleclaw, Terrorclaw
• Liopleurodon – Sharptooth Swimmer, Swimming Sharptooth
• Shark – Swimming Sharptooth
• Spinosaurus – Sailback Sharptooth, Spineback, Spined Sharptooth
• Tyrannosaurus – Bonecrusher Sharptooth, Crunchbiter, Twoclaw Sharpthooth, Two Finger Sharptooth
• Velociraptor – Fast Biter
Centrosaurus – Onehorn
Chasmosaurus – Squareshield
Crocodilian – Bellydragger
• Deinosuchus – Bigmouth Bellydragger
• Sarcosuchus – Longnose Bellydragger, Longsnout Bellydragger
Deinonychus – Fastclaw, Sickleclaw
Dimetrodon – Fanback, Sailcrawler
Elasmosaurus – Longneck Swimmer, Swimming Longneck, Water Longneck
Gallimimus/Troodon – Rainbow Face
Gastonia – Sharptail
Hadrosaur – Duckbill, Swimmer
• Corythosaurus – Crested Swimmer, Cresthead Swimmer, Whistler, Whistling Swimmer
• Edmontosaurus – Crestless Swimmer, Widebeak Swimmer
• Lambeosaurus – Twocrest Swimmer
• Maiasaura – Crestless Swimmer
• Parasaurolophus – Hollowhorn, Tubehead
• Saurolophus – Bigmouth, Swimmer
Hypsilophodon – False Sharptooth, Runner, Sprinter
Irritator – Horned Clawhand
Ichthyornis – Sharpbeak
Iguanodon – False Longneck, Spikethumb, Thornthumb
Kentrosaurus – Spikeback
Masiakasaurus – Spikemouth
Microraptor – Fourwing, Glider
Mussaurus – Tiny Longneck, Tinysaurus
Muttaburrasaurus – Bignose
Nodosaurus – Pebbleback, Shieldback
Ophthalmosaurus – Big Water Swimmer, Finned Swimmer, Squeaking Swimmer, Talkback Swimmer
Ouranosaurus – Crestback, Finback, Sailback
Oviraptor – Fast Runner
Pachyrhinosaurus – Bumphead, Thicknose
Pachycephalosaur – Bonehead, Domehead, Skull-Basher, Thickhead
• Pachycephalosaurus – Bonehead, Domehead, Skull-Basher, Thickhead
• Prenocephale/Stegoceras – Domehead
Protoceratops – Nohorn, Zerohorn
Pterosaur – Flyer
• Cearadactylus – Sharptooth Flyer
• Pteranodon – Crested Flyer, Tallcrest Flyer
• Quetzalcoatlus – Giant Flyer
• Rhamphorhynchus – Longtail Flyer
Sauropod – Longneck
• Amargasaurus – Crestneck Longneck, Fin-Neck Longneck, Sailneck Longneck
• Apatosaurus – Flathead Longneck
• Brachiosaurus – Great Neck, Skyreacher Longneck, Tallneck
• Camarasaurus – Squarehead Longneck
• Diplodocus – Longsnout Longneck, Whiptail Longneck
• Saltasaurus – Pebbleback Longneck
Saltopus – Jumper, Leaper, Little Biter, Nipper, Safe Sharptooth, Tiny Biter
Scolosaurus – Digger, Spikeback
Shunosaurus – Clubtail Longneck
Stegosaurus – Spiketail
Struthiomimus – Egg Stealer, Egg Eater
Styracosaurus – Crownhorn, Spikefrill, Spikehead
Therizinosaurus – Bigclaw, Longclaw
Triceratops – Threehorn


Natural Objects and Phenomena
Autumn – Time of the Changing Tree Stars
Canyon – Big Ditch
Cloud – Sky Puffy
Crystal – Shiny Stone
Earthquake – Earthshake
Echo – Talk-Back
Fire – Fire
Geode – Sky Color Stone
Geyser – Jumping Water
Ice – Hard Water
Lava – Fire-Water, Flowing Fire
Lava Bomb – Fire Rock
Lava Pit – Fire Pit
Lightning – Sky Fire
Meteorite – Flying Rock
Monsoon Season – Days of Rising Waters
Moon – Great Night Circle, Night Circle
Mudslide – Running Mud
Quicksand – Sinking Sand
Rain – Skywater
Rainbow – Sky Colors
River – Water Path
River Rapids – Fast Water
Sea – Big Water
Snowflakes – Frozen Sky Stars, Frozen Skywater
Snow – White Ground Sparkles
Stalactite or Stalagmite – Stone Tooth
Stars – Lesser Lights
Sulfur Mud Pot – Stinky Pool
Sun – Bright Circle, Great Circle
Sunrise – Brightrise
Sunset – Brightfall
Thunder – Sky Boom
Tornado – Whirling Wind
Volcano – Booming Mountain, Burning Mountain, Smoking Mountain
Volcanic Crater – Gurgling Pit
Volcanic Mud – Bubbling Goo, Bubbly Goo
Winter – Cold Time


Fauna
Ammonite – Hard Floater, Swimming Shell
Bee – Buzzing Buzzer, Buzzing Stinger, Stinging Buzzer, Yellow Buzzer
Clam – Snapping Shell
Crab – Crawling Pincher, Sand Creeper
Firefly – Glowing Buzzer
Fish – Finned Swimmer, Splasher, Water-Breathing Swimmer, Water Scaly, Water Swimmer
Frog – Hopper
Insect – Crawler, Creepy Crawler, Creepy Crawly, Ground Crawler
Lizard – Scaly Creeper, Scaly Crawler
Locust – Swarming Leaf-Gobbler
Mosquito – Swarming Biter
Snake – Scaly Nofooter, Scaly Worm
Starfish – Star Swimmer


Flora
Cloud-Tearer – redwood tree
Flower Dust or Yellow Puffies – pollen
Green Food – vegetation
Ground Prickly – burr
Ground Star – a star-shaped leaf from a bush
Night Flower – a variety of nocturnally blooming golden flower
Pointy Seed – pinecone
Swamp Sticks – cattails or reeds
Sweet Bubbles – grapes
Tree Fuzz – moss
Tree Star – any star-shaped leaf
Tree Sweet – fruit or tree blossom
Water Greens – aquatic vegetation


Descriptive Terms
Farwalker – any migratory land animal
Flattooth or Leafeater – any plant-eating dinosaur
Fourfooter – any quadrupedal animal
Halftooth – any dinosaur capable of eating both plants and meat
Landwalker or Groundwalker – any land animal
Sharptooth – any meat-eating dinosaur
Swimmer – any aquatic animal
Story Speaker – a traveling storyteller
Twofooter – any bipedal animal


Insults and Profanities
Bark Beak – insult to Leafeater Flyers
Bark Breath – insult to Leafeaters
Beakhead – a possible slur towards Flyers (and/or other beaked creatures)
Bigface – a possible slur towards Bigmouths/Swimmers
Conehead – insult to Flyers with crests (Pteranodon)
Egg – implies immaturity
Flathead – a possible slur towards Longnecks
Hatchling – implies immaturity
Leaf-Licker – a possible slur towards Leafeaters
Ground Scraper – possibly a slur towards Bellydraggers
Rockhead – general insult, possibly implies stupidity
Sap-Sucker – insult to Leafeaters
Scaredy Egg – implies cowardice
Sharptooth Dirt – extremely offensive profanity, equivalent to BS
Son of a Tar Pit – extremely offensive profanity, equivalent to SOB
Spiketail Dirt – offensive profanity, equivalent to BS
Wingbrain – insult to Flyers


Miscellaneous
Flowing Sniffer – runny nose
Foot Hole or Foot Mark – footprint
Hatch Day or Star Day – birthday
Napeshield or Neckshield – the frill of a threehorn or other ceratopsian
Sleep Rumble – snore (to make sleep rumbles = to snore)
Sleep Story – dream
Sleep Terror – nightmare
Sniffer – nose
Swimmer- Splasher or Swimmer and Splasher – a game played in water apparently equivalent to Marco Polo
Tickly Fuzzies – fur or hair
Time of Great Growing or Time of Rebellion– adolescence
Water Foot – a fin, flipper, or fluke