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    HADROSAURUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquaticplay

    Synonyms:

    duck-billed dinosaur; hadrosaur; hadrosaurus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("hadrosaurus" is a kind of...):

    ornithischian; ornithischian dinosaur (herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hadrosaurus"):

    anatotitan (one of the largest and most famous duck-billed dinosaurs)

    corythosaur; corythosaurus (duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet)

    edmontosaurus (duck-billed dinosaur from Canada found as a fossilized mummy with skin)

    trachodon; trachodont (large duck-billed dinosaur of the Cretaceous period)

    Holonyms ("hadrosaurus" is a member of...):

    family Hadrosauridae; Hadrosauridae (duck-billed dinosaurs; upper Cretaceous)

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