hadrosaur
English
Etymology
Back-formation from Hadrosauridae, from the type genus Hadrosaurus, which in turn was derived from Ancient Greek ἁδρός (hadrós, “strong”) + σάυρα (sáura, “lizard”).
Noun
hadrosaur (plural hadrosaurs)
- (paleontology) Any ornithopod dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.
Synonyms
- duckbill, duck-billed dinosaur, hadrosaurid
Hypernyms
- hadrosauroid
- ornithopod
- cerapod
- ornithischian
- dinosaur
- sauropsid
- chordate
- animal
- chordate
- sauropsid
- dinosaur
- ornithischian
- cerapod
- ornithopod
Hyponyms
- (types of hadrosaur)
- hadrosaurine
- lambeosaurine
Related terms
- hadrosaurian
- hadrosaurine
- hadrosauroid
Further reading
- hadrosaur at OneLook Dictionary Search