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词汇 hadrosaur
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Definition of hadrosaur in English:

hadrosaur

noun ˈhadrəsɔːˈhadrəˌsôr
  • A large herbivorous mainly bipedal dinosaur of the late Cretaceous period, with jaws flattened like the bill of a duck.

    鸭嘴龙。亦称DUCK-BILLED DINOSAUR

    Family Hadrosauridae, infraorder Ornithopoda, order Ornithischia

    Also called duck-billed dinosaur
    Example sentencesExamples
    • These tooth marks suggest a diet of largely hadrosaurs and ceratopsians and typically occur more commonly on limb bones than on vertebrae.
    • The ornithopods included the hadrosaurs or duck-billed dinosaurs, in which the front of the mouth was enlarged to form a broad flat beak and a variety of bony crests were developed on top of the head.
    • There is a parallel here with the hadrosaur and ceratopsian dinosaurs of the Late Cretaceous.
    • The Ornithopoda included the hadrosaurs, the iguanodontids, the heterodontosaurs, the hypsilophodontids, and various other dinosaurs.
    • Samples were taken from hadrosaurs, dinosaurs with exclusively terrestrial life habitats, so that all animals lived in contact with fresh waters.

Origin

Late 19th century: from modern Latin Hadrosaurus (genus name), from Greek hadros 'thick, stout' + sauros 'lizard'.

Definition of hadrosaur in US English:

hadrosaur

(also hadrosaurus)
nounˈhadrəˌsôr
  • A large, herbivorous, mainly bipedal dinosaur of the middle to late Cretaceous period, with jaws flattened like the bill of a duck.

    鸭嘴龙。亦称DUCK-BILLED DINOSAUR

    Family Hadrosauridae, infraorder Ornithopoda, order Ornithischia

    Also called duck-billed dinosaur
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Ornithopoda included the hadrosaurs, the iguanodontids, the heterodontosaurs, the hypsilophodontids, and various other dinosaurs.
    • These tooth marks suggest a diet of largely hadrosaurs and ceratopsians and typically occur more commonly on limb bones than on vertebrae.
    • There is a parallel here with the hadrosaur and ceratopsian dinosaurs of the Late Cretaceous.
    • Samples were taken from hadrosaurs, dinosaurs with exclusively terrestrial life habitats, so that all animals lived in contact with fresh waters.
    • The ornithopods included the hadrosaurs or duck-billed dinosaurs, in which the front of the mouth was enlarged to form a broad flat beak and a variety of bony crests were developed on top of the head.

Origin

Late 19th century: from modern Latin Hadrosaurus (genus name), from Greek hadros ‘thick, stout’ + sauros ‘lizard’.

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