Hadrosaurus (Noun)
Meaning
Any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The hadrosaurus was a plant-eating dinosaur that lived during the Cretaceous period.
- Fossil remains of the hadrosaurus have been found in North America and Asia.
- Scientists believe that the hadrosaurus may have used its webbed feet to swim in rivers and lakes.
- The hadrosaurus was a large dinosaur, measuring up to 30 feet in length and weighing several tons.
- A nearly complete skeleton of a hadrosaurus was discovered in Montana in the late 19th century.