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Definition of hypsilophodont in English: hypsilophodont(also hypsilophodontid) nounˌhɪpsɪˈlɒfədɒntˌhipsəˈläfədänt A small bipedal herbivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, adapted for swift running. Family Hypsilophodontidae, infraorder Ornithopoda, order Ornithischia Example sentencesExamples - This is not true for the hypsilophodontids, which implies they remained active year round, and didn't hibernate, said Rich.
- Along with the giant herbivores there were also the small fleet-footed ‘fabrosaurs’, scutellosaurs, and hypsilophodontids.
- The Ornithopoda included the hadrosaurs, the iguanodontids, the heterodontosaurs, the hypsilophodontids, and various other dinosaurs.
- Other bones of plant-eating dinosaurs, such as hypsilophodontids, were uncovered from the same region of peninsular Antarctica.
- Almost half of the dinosaur fossils found in southeastern Australia are hypsilophodontids.
Origin Late 19th century: from modern Latin Hypsilophodontidae, from Greek hupsilophos 'high-crested' + odous, odont- 'tooth'. Definition of hypsilophodont in US English: hypsilophodont(also hypsilophodontid) nounˌhipsəˈläfədänt A small bipedal herbivorous dinosaur of the middle Jurassic to late Cretaceous periods, adapted for swift running. Family Hypsilophodontidae, infraorder Ornithopoda, order Ornithischia Example sentencesExamples - This is not true for the hypsilophodontids, which implies they remained active year round, and didn't hibernate, said Rich.
- Other bones of plant-eating dinosaurs, such as hypsilophodontids, were uncovered from the same region of peninsular Antarctica.
- Almost half of the dinosaur fossils found in southeastern Australia are hypsilophodontids.
- The Ornithopoda included the hadrosaurs, the iguanodontids, the heterodontosaurs, the hypsilophodontids, and various other dinosaurs.
- Along with the giant herbivores there were also the small fleet-footed ‘fabrosaurs’, scutellosaurs, and hypsilophodontids.
Origin Late 19th century: from modern Latin Hypsilophodontidae, from Greek hupsilophos ‘high-crested’ + odous, odont- ‘tooth’. |