ornithopod
pronunciation
How to pronounce ornithopod in British English:
UK ['ɔ:nɪθəpɒd]
How to pronounce ornithopod in American English:
US ['ɔnɪθəpɒd]
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- Noun:
- bipedal herbivorous dinosaur
Word Origin
- ornithopod (n.)
- 1888, from Modern Latin Ornithopoda (1881), from ornitho- + Greek podos, genitive of pous "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)).
Example
- 1. With the horrific death of their mother , the ornithopod clan faces constant danger searching for a place where they can settle .
- 2. This discovery also implies a close connection between eurasia and africa during the early cretaceous . Key words : dinosaur ; ornithopod dinosaur ; teeth ; early cretaceous ; lanzhou basin , gansu , china .
- 3. It was not a large tooth . Its size suggests the animal which made it was no more than a metre and a half ( about 5 feet ) long . Such a predator would have been unable to take on an adult ornithopod .
- 4. Such a predator would have been unable to take on an adult ornithopod . Nevertheless , this tooth is the first unarguable proof that crocodilians did indeed snack on dinosaurs .