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ornithopoda


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ornithopoda  \Or`ni*thop"o*da\,  n.  pl  [NL.  See  {Ornitho-},  and 
  {-poda}.]  (Paleon.) 
  An  order  of  herbivorous  dinosaurs  with  birdlike 
  characteristics  in  the  skeleton,  esp.  in  the  pelvis  and  hind 
  legs,  which  in  some  genera  had  only  three  functional  toes, 
  and  supported  the  body  in  walking  as  in  Iguanodon.  See 
  Illust.  in  Appendix. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Ornithopoda 
  n  :  widespread  group  including  duck-billed  dinosaurs  and  their 
  early  relatives  (hadrosaurs;  trachodon;  iguanodon)  [syn: 
  {Euronithopoda},  {suborder  Euronithopoda},  {euronithopod}, 
  {Ornithopoda},  {suborder  Ornithopoda}] 




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