IGUANODON


Meaning of IGUANODON in English

-ˌdän noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Spanish iguana + New Latin -odon

: a genus of large herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs (type of a family Iguanodontidae) from the early Cretaceous of Belgium and England having the head compressed, the jaws probably provided with a horny covering in front like that of a turtle but with numerous spatulate serrated teeth farther back, and the forelimbs comparatively small and provided with large three-toed hind limbs used chiefly in walking and a large heavy tail which doubtless assisted in standing upright

• igua·no·dont -nt adjective or noun

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