iguanodon
pronunciation
How to pronounce iguanodon in British English:
UK [ɪˈgwɑ:nədɒn]
How to pronounce iguanodon in American English:
US [ɪˈgwɑnədɑn]
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- Noun:
- massive herbivorous bipedal dinosaur with a long heavy tail; common in Europe and northern Africa; early Cretaceous period
Word Origin
- Iguanodon (n.)
- dinosaur name, 1825, hybrid from iguana + stem of Greek odonys "tooth" (on model of mastodon). So called because the fossil teeth and bones were thought to resemble those of the lizard.
Example
- 1. But an iguanodon didn 't have a horn .
- 2. Other dinosaurs that lived at the same time were stegosaurus and iguanodon .
- 3. Iguanodon was a plant eater . Other meat eating dinosaurs would kill the iguanodon to eat it .