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edmontosaurus

edmontosaurus

9.9
A large plant-eating dinosaur with a flat beak that lived in western North America and left many fossils
  • noun
  • /ˌɛdmənˈtoʊsɔrəs/
  • Specialized
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  • The edmontosaurus was a massive herbivore.

Examples

  • The museum's new exhibit features a nearly complete edmontosaurus skeleton discovered in Alberta.

  • Scientists believe the edmontosaurus moved in herds across what is now western Canada.

  • Fossilized skin impressions found with the edmontosaurus mummy provide rare insight into dinosaur biology.

  • Did you know that the edmontosaurus lived during the late Cretaceous period?

  • The edmontosaurus was a massive dinosaur that grazed on plants in the late Cretaceous period.

  • Fossils of the edmontosaurus show preserved skin impressions, providing insights into its appearance.

  • Scientists believe that the edmontosaurus lived in herds, similar to some modern herbivores.

Synonyms

hadrosaur
vsedmontosaurus
1 9.9

A large plant-eating dinosaur with a duck-like bill and often a bony crest

is a specific North American genus known from late Cretaceous fossils and rare mummies
duck-billed dinosaur
vsedmontosaurus
1 7.4

A large plant-eating dinosaur with a long, flat beak like a duck

is the specific North American genus known from late Cretaceous fossils with skin impressions

Surface Forms

edmontosaurus singular
edmontosauruses plural

Morphology

edmontosaurus = Edmonton (opaque) = Edmonton + saurus

The name is built from a place name plus a classical dinosaur-forming element, but that historical naming pattern is not predictable from ordinary English word-formation knowledge.

Etymology

The word edmontosaurus comes from Edmonton, the area in Canada where its fossils were found, and saurus, an old Greek word meaning 'lizard'. So, edmontosaurus can be remembered as the 'Edmonton lizard', which fits a large, duck-billed dinosaur found in that region.