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ornithopod

noun
or·​nith·​o·​pod | \ ȯr-ˈni-thÉ™-ËŒpäd How to pronounce ornithopod (audio) , ˈȯr-ni-thÉ™- How to pronounce ornithopod (audio) \

Definition of ornithopod

: any of a suborder (Ornithopoda) of bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs (such as a hadrosaur) with digitigrade walking limbs usually having only three functional toes

Examples of ornithopod in a Sentence

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 The museum holds Australia’s largest opalized dinosaur skeleton, a portion of an ornithopod’s spine, skull, limbs and ribs, still partly encased in clay. — Michelle Innis, New York Times, "An Australian Town’s Rare Mix: Dinosaur Bones and Opalized Pine Cones," 5 July 2016 Two limb bones — one from a subadult ornithopod dinosaur, and the other from a juvenile ornithopod dinosaur — show tooth marks. — Brian Switek, WIRED, "The Nutcracker Croc of Cretaceous Texas," 2 Mar. 2012

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First Known Use of ornithopod

circa 1889, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for ornithopod

ultimately from Greek ornith- + pod-, pous foot — more at foot

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