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单词 trachodon
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Trachodonn.

Brit. /ˈtrakə(ʊ)dɒn/, U.S. /ˈtrækəˌdɑn/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Trachodon.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Trachodon, former genus name (J. Leidy 1856, in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 8 72) < ancient Greek τραχύς rough (see trachy- comb. form) + scientific Latin -odon -odon comb. form.
Palaeontology. Now chiefly historical.
A group of duck-billed dinosaurs or hadrosaurs; (also trachodon) a dinosaur of this group.The group was formerly treated as a genus, but the concept was based on doubtful fossil evidence and is no longer in technical use; it still appears as a genus in non-technical contexts.
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1858 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1857 90 The remains of Deinodon, Palæoscincus, Trachodon, Troodon, ?Crocodilus, and Lepidotus, were discovered by Dr. F. V. Hayden.
1913 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 185 532 One ungual phalanx is doubtfully regarded as pertaining to the dinosaur Trachodon.
1931 H. S. Williams Bk. of Marvels 35 (caption) Duck-billed trachodon—a Vegetarian dinosaur.
1985 M. N. Waniek Mama's Promises 35 Triceratops, Brachiosaurus, Trachodon browse the high greenery, heave through the dissipating mists.
2001 D. F. Glut Jurassic Classics i. 64 (caption) Full-scale model of the classic ‘duckbilled dinosaur’ popularly called ‘Trachodon’ (actually Edmontosaurus annectens).
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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