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hadrosaur

hadrosaur noun: any ornithopod dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.

hadrosaur: any ornithopod dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae
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Noun

hadrosaur (plural hadrosaurs)

  1. Any ornithopod dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.
    • Bipedal hadrosaurs, great hulking lambeosaurs, certain rhino-like ceratopsians and relatives of the velociraptors - all large and probably able swimmers - had the greatest success.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 31

Synonyms of hadrosaur

Forms of hadrosaur

pluralhadrosaurs

Origin of hadrosaur

Back-formation from Hadrosauridae, from the type genus Hadrosaurus, which in turn was derived from Ancient Greek ἁδρός (hadrós, “strong”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).

Questions about hadrosaur

What does hadrosaur mean?
Hadrosaur means any ornithopod dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.
What part of speech is hadrosaur?
Hadrosaur is a noun.
What is the plural of hadrosaur?
The plural of hadrosaur is hadrosaurs.

Words near hadrosaur in the dictionary

  1. hadrontherapies
  2. hadrontherapy
  3. hadronuclear
  4. hadrophobic
  5. hadroproduction
  6. hadrosaur
  7. hadrosaurian
  8. hadrosaurians
  9. hadrosaurid
  10. hadrosaurids
  11. hadrosauriform

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