hadrosaur
English
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Etymology
Back-formation from Hadrosauridae, from the type genus Hadrosaurus, which in turn was derived from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἁδρός (hadrós, “strong”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).
Noun
hadrosaur (plural hadrosaurs)
- (paleontology) Any ornithopod dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.
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Hyponyms
- (types of hadrosaur)
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Further reading
- “hadrosaur”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.