Hadrosaur synonyms
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hadrosaurid (related)
Any of various herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs of the family Hadrosauridae of the Cretaceous Period, having a broad toothless beak, numerous teeth in the back of the jaw, a stiff tail, and sometimes a crest on the head.
hadrosaurus (related)
A hadrosaurid dinosaur of the genus Hadrosaurus, having a bulky body and no crest on the head. A hadrosaurus fossil found in New Jersey (1858) was the first nearly complete dinosaur skeleton excavated in the United States.
An informal name for ornithopod dinosaurs of the family Hadrosauridae derived from the similarity of the heads of certain members of that family to those of modern ducks.
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