Hadrosaur Definition

hadrəsôr
hadrosaurs
noun
hadrosaurs
Any of a family (Hadrosauridae) of large, duck-billed ornithopod dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period.
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Other Word Forms of Hadrosaur

Noun

Singular:
hadrosaur
Plural:
hadrosaurs

Origin of Hadrosaur

  • Back-formation from Hadrosauridae, from the type genus Hadrosaurus, which in turn was derived from Ancient Greek ἁδρός (hadros, “strong”) + σάυρα (saura, “lizard”).

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