Definition of ornithopod in English:
ornithopod
noun ˈɔːnɪθəˌpɒdˈôrnəTHəˌpäd
A mainly bipedal herbivorous dinosaur.
Infraorder Ornithopoda, order Ornithischia; includes the hadrosaurs, iguanodon, hypsilophodon, etc.
Example sentencesExamples
- Such stomach stones or gastroliths have been reported from the gut regions or found nearby of prosauropods, sauropods and ornithopods.
- The best-known ornithopods are the hadrosaurs, or ‘duckbilled dinosaurs’, but the Clayton Lake tracks are a little too old to have been made by hadrosaurs.
- Meanwhile, the much smaller ornithischian dinosaurs - the ornithopods and stegosaurs - browsed on the undergrowth.
- Virtually all of the common major groups of theropods and ornithopods typical of the Late Cretaceous of northern North America are present.
- The ornithopods, for example, depended on fleetness of foot and acute sight and hearing.
Origin
Late 19th century: from modern Latin Ornithopoda, from Greek ornis, ornith- 'bird' + pous, pod- 'foot'.