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Definition of hadrosaur in English English dictionary
- Any ornithopod dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae
- any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic
- The hadrosaur
- duckbill
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had·ro·saurPronunciation
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[ 'ha-dr&-"sor ] (noun.) 1877. Back-formation from Hadrosauridae, from the type genus Hadrosaurus, which in turn was derived from Ancient Greek ἁδρός (“strong”) + σάυρα (“lizard”).Resimler
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