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lambeosaur

lambeosaur noun: a crested duck-billed dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.

lambeosaur: a crested duck-billed dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae
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Noun

lambeosaur (plural lambeosaurs)

  1. A crested duck-billed 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 lambeosaur

Forms of lambeosaur

plurallambeosaurs

Origin of lambeosaur

From translingual Lambeosaurus, from Lambe + -saurus, named for Lawrence Lambe.

Questions about lambeosaur

What does lambeosaur mean?
Lambeosaur means a crested duck-billed dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.
What part of speech is lambeosaur?
Lambeosaur is a noun.
What is the plural of lambeosaur?
The plural of lambeosaur is lambeosaurs.

Words near lambeosaur in the dictionary

  1. lambels
  2. lambencies
  3. lambency
  4. lambent
  5. lambently
  6. lambeosaur
  7. lambeosaurid
  8. lambeosaurids
  9. lambeosaurin
  10. lambeosaurine
  11. lambeosaurines

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