duck-billed dinosaur

duck-billed dinosaur

D0412550 (dŭk′bĭld′)n. See hadrosaurid.

duck-billed dinosaur

n (Animals) another name for hadrosaur

had•ro•saur

(ˈhæd rəˌsɔr)

n. any chiefly bipedal herbivorous dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae, of the Cretaceous Period, having a broad toothless beak. Also called duck-billed dinosaur. [< New Latin Hadrosaurus (1858) genus name = Greek hadr(ós) thick, bulky + -o- -o- + saûros -saur] had`ro•sau′ri•an, adj.

duck-billed dinosaur

(dŭk′bĭld′) See hadrosaur.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

duck-billed dinosaur - any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatichadrosaur, hadrosaurusornithischian, ornithischian dinosaur - herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a birdfamily Hadrosauridae, Hadrosauridae - duck-billed dinosaurs; upper Cretaceousanatotitan - one of the largest and most famous duck-billed dinosaurscorythosaur, corythosaurus - duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmetedmontosaurus - duck-billed dinosaur from Canada found as a fossilized mummy with skintrachodon, trachodont - large duck-billed dinosaur of the Cretaceous period