ornithopoda

2 definitions found

ornithopoda - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ornithopoda \Or`ni*thop"o*da\, prop. n. pl. [NL. See Ornitho-,
     and -poda.] (Paleon.)
     An order of herbivorous dinosaurs with birdlike
     characteristics in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind
     legs, which in some genera had only three functional toes,
     and supported the body in walking as in Iguanodon. See
     Illust. in Appendix.
     [1913 Webster]

ornithopoda - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Ornithopoda
      n 1: widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their
           early relatives (hadrosaurs, trachodon and iguanodon) [syn:
           Euronithopoda, suborder Euronithopoda, euronithopod,
           Ornithopoda, suborder Ornithopoda]