iguanodon

[ ih-gwah-nuh-don, ih-gwan-uh- ]

noun
  1. a plant-eating dinosaur of the genus Iguanodon that lived in Europe early in the Cretaceous Period and grew to a length of from 15 to 30 feet (4.5 to 9 meters) and walked erect on its hind feet.

Origin of iguanodon

1
<New Latin (1825) <Spanish iguan(a) iguana + Greek odṓn, variant of odoústooth

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iguanodon

/ (ɪˈɡwɑːnəˌdɒn) /


noun
  1. 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)

Origin of iguanodon

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C19: New Latin, from iguana + Greek odōn tooth

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