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Definition of Hadrosaur
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 Hadrosaur
1. Noun. (paleontology) Any ornithopod dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hadrosaur
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hadrosaur
Literary usage of Hadrosaur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of Creation by Samuel Miner Campbell (1877)
"It is known by geologists as a saurian, and appears hadrosaur. (From Winchell's "
Sketches of Creation." New York : Harper & Bros.) in numerous varieties. ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"From the Laramie is an especially fine hadrosaur, a complete skeleton of Diclo-
nius capable of being mounted, also remains of the Ceratopsia. ..."
3. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1880)
"Among the Dinosaurs, the hadrosaur closely resembled the iguanodon, and was full
twenty-eight feet in length. ..."
4. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1876)
"Among the Dinosaurs, the hadrosaur closely resembled the Iguanodon, and was full
twenty-eight feet in length. ..."
5. Elements of Geology: A Text-book for Colleges and for the General Reader by Joseph LeConte (1891)
"... with curious spoon-bill like beak and magazines of numerous teeth (two thousand
in all), somewhat like those of the hadrosaur (p. 485). Mammals. ..."
6. Walks and Talks in the Geological Field by Alexander Winchell (1898)
"World. These are vegetable eaters. But here is their traditional enemy the carnivore.
Lce'-laps disputes supremacy with the hadrosaur, as in the Old World ..."
7. The Story of the Earth and Man by John William Dawson (1873)
"... and crushing to the earth under his gigantic talons some feebler hadrosaur,
we should have shudderingly preferred the companionship of modern wolves and ..."
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