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Ornithopod vs Hadrosaur - What's the difference?

ornithopod | hadrosaur |

Hadrosaur is a hypernym of ornithopod.



As nouns the difference between ornithopod and hadrosaur

is that ornithopod is a type of bipedal, herbivorous, bird-hipped dinosaur from the Cretaceous period, found on all seven continents while hadrosaur is any ornithopod dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.

ornithopod

English

(wikipedia ornithopod)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A type of bipedal, herbivorous, bird-hipped dinosaur from the Cretaceous period, found on all seven continents.

    • hadrosaur

    English

    (wikipedia hadrosaur)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (paleontology) Any ornithopod dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.

    • Synonyms

    * duckbill, duck-billed dinosaur, hadrosaurid

    Hyponyms

    * (types of hadrosaur) ** hadrosaurine ** lambeosaurine

    Hypernyms

    * hadrosauroid ** ornithopod *** cerapod **** ornithischian ***** dinosaur ****** sauropsid ******* chordate ******** animal

    Related terms

    * hadrosaurian * hadrosaurine * hadrosauroid

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