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duck-billed dinosaur

duck-billed dinosaur noun: any ornithopod dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.

Noun

duck-billed dinosaur (plural duck-billed dinosaurs)

  1. (informal) Any ornithopod dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.
    • The scientists' report, published in Biological Reviews, found that while, largely, the dinosaurs were faring well at the time of the asteroid impact, the big plant-eating types, including the horned triceratops and duck-billed dinosaurs, had suffered a loss of biodiversity.2014 July 28, Ian Sample, The Guardian

Forms of duck-billed dinosaur

pluralduck-billed dinosaurs

Origin of duck-billed dinosaur

Derived from the similarity of the heads of certain members of the family to those of modern ducks.

Questions about duck-billed dinosaur

What does duck-billed dinosaur mean?
Duck-billed dinosaur means any ornithopod dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.
What part of speech is duck-billed dinosaur?
Duck-billed dinosaur is a noun.
What is the plural of duck-billed dinosaur?
The plural of duck-billed dinosaur is duck-billed dinosaurs.

Words near duck-billed dinosaur in the dictionary

  1. duck-bill cat
  2. duck-bill cats
  3. duck-billed
  4. duck-billed cat
  5. duck-billed cats
  6. duck-billed dinosaur
  7. duck-billed dinosaurs
  8. duck-billed platypus
  9. duck-billed platypuses
  10. duck-bills
  11. duck-butter

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