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HADROSAUR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hadrosaur mean?
• HADROSAUR (noun)
The noun HADROSAUR has 1 sense:
1. any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic
Familiarity information: HADROSAUR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
duck-billed dinosaur; hadrosaur; hadrosaurus
Hypernyms ("hadrosaur" is a kind of...):
ornithischian; ornithischian dinosaur (herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hadrosaur"):
anatotitan (one of the largest and most famous duck-billed dinosaurs)
corythosaur; corythosaurus (duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet)
edmontosaurus (duck-billed dinosaur from Canada found as a fossilized mummy with skin)
trachodon; trachodont (large duck-billed dinosaur of the Cretaceous period)
Holonyms ("hadrosaur" is a member of...):
family Hadrosauridae; Hadrosauridae (duck-billed dinosaurs; upper Cretaceous)
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