hadrosaur

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Definition of hadrosaur in English English dictionary

Any ornithopod dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae

any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic

Related Terms

The hadrosaur

duckbill

Hyphenation

had·ro·saur

Synonyms

duckbill, duck-billed dinosaur, hadrosaurid

Etymology

[ 'ha-dr&-"sor ] (noun.) 1877. Back-formation from Hadrosauridae, from the type genus Hadrosaurus, which in turn was derived from Ancient Greek ἁδρός (“strong”) + σάυρα (“lizard”).