lambeosaur

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noun

A crested duck-billed dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.

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lambeosaurinelambeosaurid
Origintranslingual Lambeosaurus →
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Meanings

nounlambeosaur (plural lambeosaurs)

plural lambeosaurs

  1. biologyA crested duck-billed dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.

    Bipedal hadrosaurs, great hulking lambeosaurs, certain rhino-like ceratopsians and relatives of the velociraptors - all large and probably able swimmers - had the greatest success.

    2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 31

    Synonyms: lambeosaurine, lambeosaurid

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA crested duck-billed dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.

Similar
lambeosaurinelambeosaurid
Also see
lambeosaurid

Origin

  1. translingualLambeosaurus
  2. Englishlambeosaur

From translingual Lambeosaurus, from Lambe + -saurus, named for Lawrence Lambe.

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APA

lambeosaur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lambeosaur

MLA

“lambeosaur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lambeosaur. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lambeosaur,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lambeosaur.

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