Meaning of ORNITHOPODA
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| | Definition: | | [n] widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs; trachodon; iguanodon) |
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| | Synonyms: | | euronithopod, Euronithopoda, suborder Euronithopoda, suborder Ornithopoda |
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| | See Also: | | animal order, family Hadrosauridae, family Iguanodontidae, genus Trachodon, Hadrosauridae, Iguanodontidae, order Ornithischia, Ornithischia, ornithopod, ornithopod dinosaur | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Or`ni*thop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL. See {Ornitho-}, and
{-poda}.] (Paleon.)
An order of herbivorous dinosaurs with birdlike
characteristics in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind
legs, which in some genera had only three functional toes,
and supported the body in walking as in Iguanodon. See
Illust. in Appendix.
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