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Duck-billed dinosaur
noun, slang
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any ornithopod dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae. informal
"The scientists' report, published in Biological Reviews, found that while, largely, the dinosaurs were faring well at the time of the asteroid impact, the big plant-eating types, including the horned triceratops and duck-billed dinosaurs, had suffered a loss of biodiversity."
- 2 any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic wordnet
Etymology
Derived from the similarity of the heads of certain members of the family to those of modern ducks.
See also for "duck-billed dinosaur"
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