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Iguanodon

I-gua′no-don

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Noun.
[
Iguana
+ Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], a tooth.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having a birdlike pelvis and large hind legs with three-toed feet capable of supporting the entire body. Its teeth resemble those of the iguana, whence its name. Several species are known, mostly from the Wealden of England and Europe. See Illustration in Appendix.

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Iguanodon

Iguanodon

See also: iguanodon

Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Iguanodon m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Igunadontidae ornithopod dinosaur that lived roughly halfway between the first of the swift bipedal hypsilophodontids and the ornithopods' culmination in the duck-billed dinosaurs.

iguanodon

iguanodon

See also: Iguanodon

English

Wikispecies

Noun

iguanodon (plural iguanodons)

  1. Any of several large dinosaurs, of the genus Iguanodon, of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods