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HADROSAURUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does hadrosaurus mean?

• HADROSAURUS (noun)
The noun HADROSAURUS 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: HADROSAURUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HADROSAURUS (noun)

Sense 1

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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 ("hadrosaurus" 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 "hadrosaurus"):

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 ("hadrosaurus" is a member of...):

family Hadrosauridae; Hadrosauridae (duck-billed dinosaurs; upper Cretaceous)

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