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Definition of hadrosaur in English: hadrosaurnoun ˈhadrəsɔːˈhadrəˌsôr A large herbivorous mainly bipedal dinosaur of the late Cretaceous period, with jaws flattened like the bill of a duck. Family Hadrosauridae, infraorder Ornithopoda, order Ornithischia Also called duck-billed dinosaur Example sentencesExamples - These tooth marks suggest a diet of largely hadrosaurs and ceratopsians and typically occur more commonly on limb bones than on vertebrae.
- The ornithopods included the hadrosaurs or duck-billed dinosaurs, in which the front of the mouth was enlarged to form a broad flat beak and a variety of bony crests were developed on top of the head.
- There is a parallel here with the hadrosaur and ceratopsian dinosaurs of the Late Cretaceous.
- The Ornithopoda included the hadrosaurs, the iguanodontids, the heterodontosaurs, the hypsilophodontids, and various other dinosaurs.
- Samples were taken from hadrosaurs, dinosaurs with exclusively terrestrial life habitats, so that all animals lived in contact with fresh waters.
Origin Late 19th century: from modern Latin Hadrosaurus (genus name), from Greek hadros 'thick, stout' + sauros 'lizard'. Definition of hadrosaur in US English: hadrosaur(also hadrosaurus) nounˈhadrəˌsôr A large, herbivorous, mainly bipedal dinosaur of the middle to late Cretaceous period, with jaws flattened like the bill of a duck. Family Hadrosauridae, infraorder Ornithopoda, order Ornithischia Also called duck-billed dinosaur Example sentencesExamples - The Ornithopoda included the hadrosaurs, the iguanodontids, the heterodontosaurs, the hypsilophodontids, and various other dinosaurs.
- These tooth marks suggest a diet of largely hadrosaurs and ceratopsians and typically occur more commonly on limb bones than on vertebrae.
- There is a parallel here with the hadrosaur and ceratopsian dinosaurs of the Late Cretaceous.
- Samples were taken from hadrosaurs, dinosaurs with exclusively terrestrial life habitats, so that all animals lived in contact with fresh waters.
- The ornithopods included the hadrosaurs or duck-billed dinosaurs, in which the front of the mouth was enlarged to form a broad flat beak and a variety of bony crests were developed on top of the head.
Origin Late 19th century: from modern Latin Hadrosaurus (genus name), from Greek hadros ‘thick, stout’ + sauros ‘lizard’. |