iguanodon

iguanodon Definition

iguano·don (i gwan′ə dän′, ē-)

noun

any of a genus (Iguanodon) of very large, vegetarian, two-footed ornithopod dinosaurs

Etymology: ModL < iguana + -odon(t)

iguanodon Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

bernissartensis: Iguanodon bernissartensis In 1878 a group of thirty or so fully articulated dinosaur skeletons were found in a coal mine at Bernissart, Belgium.

Browse dictionary entries near iguanodon