Trachodont (Noun)
Meaning
Large duck-billed dinosaur of the Cretaceous period.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The hadrosaur, also known as the trachodont, was characterized by its unique beak and teeth.
- The discovery of a nearly complete trachodont skeleton helped scientists to understand its locomotion.
- The herbivorous trachodonts of the Late Cretaceous were closely related to modern ducks.
- Researchers initially found a collection of trachodont footprints and eggs that gave insights into its nesting behavior.
- Several types of hadrosaurs and their cousins the trachodonts went extinct during the mass event that marked the end of the Cretaceous.