hadrosaurus

Noun

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Noun (1)

  1. any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquaticSynonyms: hadrosaurduck-billed dinosaurType of ornithischian, ornithischian dinosaurKinds corythosaur, edmontosaurus, trachodon, anatotitanMember of Hadrosauridae, family Hadrosauridae
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Had′ro·sau′rus (hăd′rō-sa̤′rŭs), noun

Origin: NL., fr. Gr. ἁδρός thick + σαῦρος lizard.

Paleontology An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to the iguanodon. It is found in the Cretaceous formation.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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