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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 aquaticplay

  Familiarity information: HADROSAUR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HADROSAUR (noun)


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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