duck-billed dinosaur
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of duck-billed dinosaur
Example Sentences
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It was found alongside a tooth from a Tyrannosaurus rex and a jawbone from a crocodylian, in a region already known for fossils of the duck-billed dinosaur Edmontosaurus.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 15, 2025
South Jersey achieved paleontological renown with the 1858 discovery of a nearly complete skeleton of the duck-billed dinosaur Hadrosaurus foulkii in a Haddonfield marl pit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2025
At first, he added, Dr. Lyson believed they belonged to a duck-billed dinosaur.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
Some 67 million years ago, in what is now known as Slope County, North Dakota, an adolescent duck-billed dinosaur was killed and chewed up by various predators and scavengers.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2022
From what little is known now, it is thought to have belonged to a hadrosaur, a large duck-billed dinosaur.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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