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Definition of Hadrosaurus
1. Noun. Any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic.
Generic synonyms: Ornithischian, Ornithischian Dinosaur
Group relationships: Family Hadrosauridae, Hadrosauridae
Specialized synonyms: Anatotitan, Corythosaur, Corythosaurus, Edmontosaurus, Trachodon, Trachodont
Definition of Hadrosaurus
1. n. An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to the iguanodon. It is found in the Cretaceous formation.
Medical Definition of Hadrosaurus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hadrosaurus
Literary usage of Hadrosaurus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sketches of Creation: A Popular View of Some of the Grand Conclusions of the by Alexander Winchell (1870)
"... made the bayous and marshes resonant with the varied piping of a myriad voices.
& r. • -i Fig. 76. The hadrosaurus. Among the latter a salamander, ..."
2. The Chain of Life in Geological Time: A Sketch of the Origin and Succession by James William; Dawson (1888)
"... that represented by the mammals, or rather they took up a place holding some
close relations with both the birds and the mammals. FIG. 151.—hadrosaurus ..."
3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1874)
"On the Pelvis of hadrosaurus—Prof. B. WATERHOUSE HAWKINS, having completed his
model of hadrosaurus at Princeton College, took the occasion to call the ..."
4. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1870)
"H hadrosaurus. А genus of extinct Dinosaurian reptiles, whose remains have ...
The circumstance that hadrosaurus and its contemporary allies performed what ..."
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