Definition of Ornithopods

1. Noun. (plural of ornithopod) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ornithopods

1. ornithopod [n] - See also: ornithopod

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ornithopods

ornithologies
ornithologist
ornithologists
ornithology
ornithomancy
ornithomimid
ornithomimosaur
ornithomimosaurs
ornithon
ornithons
ornithopappi
ornithophobia
ornithopod
ornithopod dinosaur
ornithopoda
ornithopods (current term)
ornithopter
ornithopters
ornithorhynchus
ornithorhynchuses
ornithosauria
ornithoscelida
ornithoscelidan
ornithoscopy
ornithoses
ornithosis
ornithosis virus
ornithotomical
ornithotomist
ornithotomists

Literary usage of Ornithopods

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

1. Revised Text-book of Geology by James Dwight Dana, William North Rice (1897)
"... been the only Dinosaurs in the Triassic, were abundant also in the Jurassic. Their limbs were in general similar to those of the ornithopods ('though ..."

2. An Introduction to Historical Geology: With Special Reference to North America by William John Miller (1916)
"ornithopods were in general appearance much like the Theropods, but they were certainly ... ornithopods ranged through all the Mesozoic except the Triassic. ..."

3. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"The foot, which is over 4^ feet long, has the three-toed characteristic of the ornithopods. The genus was named from a resemblance in the teeth to those of ..."

4. Daytrips Eastern Australia: 60 One Day Adventures by Car, Rail Or Bus by James Postell (2004)
"... and ornithopods near the edge of an inland lake. When the frantic alarm was sounded, the herds stampeded, escaping across a muddy prehistoric flat. ..."

5. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"So lizards, iii, 101 mammals, iii, 103 marine reptiles, iii, 86 ornithopods, iii, 99 pelecypods, iii, 82, 83. 91, Hi, 566 Japan, Cretaceous, Lower, iii, ..."

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