HADROSAURUS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Noun

any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet

Example: may have been partly aquatic

• This dinosaur once roamed the lands we now call New Jersey!
• Hadrosaurus belonged to the Hadrosauridae family of dinosaurs!
• Hadrosaurus walked the earth in New Jersey between 83.5 and 70.6 million years ago!
• Hadrosaurus only ate plants and never hunted other dinosaurs
• At 9 meters long, Hadrosaurus was longer than a school bus!

Hadrosaur, Hadrosaurus, Duck-billed dinosaur