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.

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)

Word History and Origins

Origin of iguanodon¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of iguanodon¹

C19: New Latin, from iguana + Greek odōn tooth

Example Sentences

People just said, oh it’s just another iguanodon, put it in a box.

From Popular-Science

In some of them such as Stegosaurus the exoskeleton is strongly developed, in others such as Iguanodon it is absent.

From Project Gutenberg

It was carnivorous, and therefore more ferocious than the iguanodon, and more ready to attack.

From Project Gutenberg

The American Hadrosaurus must have decidedly resembled the Iguanodon.

From Project Gutenberg

"I think it can have been no other than the Iguanodon," said the doctor.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet the iguanodon was thirty feet long, with a thigh six feet, and a body fourteen feet in circumference.

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