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Definition of Trachodon

1. Noun. Large duck-billed dinosaur of the Cretaceous period.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trachodon

Literary usage of Trachodon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"Restoration of trachodon, based upon the mounted skeleton in the Yale University Museum. Length, 23 feet. Cretaceous of North America. ..."

2. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural by Richard Lydekker (1888)
"Hadrosaurus is identified with trachodon by Leidy in the ' Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. ... Amer. Phil. Soc.' vol. xi. pt. 2, pi. x. figs. 1-6 (1859). trachodon ..."

3. The Origin and Evolution of Life: On the Theory of Action, Reaction and by Henry Fairfield Osborn (1917)
"... wading dinosaurs (trachodon), with stalking limbs and elevated bodies. Third, there are more fully aquatic, free- swimming forms with crested skulls ..."

4. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1914)
"... AND trachodon. BY BARNUM BROWN. PLATES XXIX-XXXVII. Remains of the Ceratopsia are comparatively rare in the Edmonton formation, only ten specimens ..."

5. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868)
"Perhaps these specimens belonged to another Dinosaur, for which the name trachodon might be reserved, while that of Hadrosaurus might include the first ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"4—trachodon. 23 feet. cient dental battery reduced to a proper condition for digestion. ... trachodon, although possessing the most complex dentition, ..."

7. Annual Report (new Series). by Geological Survey of Canada (1901)
"The characters of the teeth suggest an individual that probably belongs to the species trachodon mirabilis or is nearly related to it. ..."

8. Geology, Physical and Historical by Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland (1916)
"In a mummified specimen (trachodon) found in Wyoming, the epidermis, ... Portion of the lower jaw of trachodon. The numerous teeth form a kind of pavement. ..."

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