ornithopod

(ôr′ni t̸hō päd′; ôr nī′t̸hō-, -nit̸h′ō-)

noun

any of a suborder (Ornithopoda) of ornithischian dinosaurs that walked upright on digitigrade hind feet

Origin: < ModL Ornithopoda: see ornitho- & -pod

See ornithopod in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Any of various large ornithischian dinosaurs of the suborder Ornithopoda, including the hadrosaurs.

adjective

Of or relating to the suborder Ornithopoda.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin Ornīthopoda, suborder name

Origin: : ornitho-

Origin: + New Latin -poda, -pod

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