duck-billed dinosaur

American

[duhk-bild] / ˈdʌkˌbɪld /

noun

hadrosaur.

duck-billed dinosaur British

noun

another name for hadrosaur

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duck-billed dinosaur Scientific

/ dŭk′bĭld′ /

See hadrosaur

Etymology

Origin of duck-billed dinosaur

duck ¹ + bill ² + -ed ³

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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