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Iguanodon
I-gua′no-don
,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.
Definition 2024
Iguanodon
Iguanodon
See also: iguanodon
Translingual
Proper noun
Iguanodon m
- 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
Noun
iguanodon (plural iguanodons)
- Any of several large dinosaurs, of the genus Iguanodon, of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods