iguanodon

i·guan·o·don  (-gwän-dn)

n.

Any of various large dinosaurs of the genus Iguanodon, of the Jurassic Period and Cretaceous Period.

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[New Latin Iguanodn, genus name : iguana + -odon.]

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iguanodon [ɪˈgwɑːnəˌdɒn]

n

(Earth Sciences / Palaeontology) a massive herbivorous long-tailed bipedal dinosaur of the genus Iguanodon, common in Europe and N Africa in Jurassic and Cretaceous times: suborder Ornithopoda (ornithopods)

[New Latin, from iguana + Greek odōn tooth]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

iguanodon - massive herbivorous bipedal dinosaur with a long heavy tail; common in Europe and northern Africa; early Cretaceous period dinosaur - any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era genus Iguanodon - type genus of the Iguanodontidae