Hadrosaurus

noun

Had·​ro·​sau·​rus

: a genus (the type of a family Hadrosauridae) of North American hadrosaurs consisting of a single species (Hadrosaurus foulkii)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from hadr- + -saurus

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