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ornithopod /ˈɔːnɪθəˌpɒd /nounA mainly bipedal herbivorous dinosaur.- Infraorder Ornithopoda, order Ornithischia; includes the hadrosaurs, iguanodon, hypsilophodon, etc..
The ornithopods, for example, depended on fleetness of foot and acute sight and hearing....- Such stomach stones or gastroliths have been reported from the gut regions or found nearby of prosauropods, sauropods and ornithopods.
- Virtually all of the common major groups of theropods and ornithopods typical of the Late Cretaceous of northern North America are present.
OriginLate 19th century: from modern Latin Ornithopoda, from Greek ornis, ornith- 'bird' + pous, pod- 'foot'. |