hadrosaur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any ornithopod dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.

Word forms

hadrosaur hadrosaurs

Etymology

Back-formation from Hadrosauridae, from the type genus Hadrosaurus, which in turn was derived from Ancient Greek ἁδρός (hadrós, “strong”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).

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