lambeosaur

English

Etymology

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

Noun

lambeosaur (plural lambeosaurs)

Lambeosaurus, a lambeosaur

1. (paleontology) A crested duck-billed dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 31:

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

Synonyms

• lambeosaurine
• lambeosaurid

Hypernyms

• hadrosaur
  • ornithischian
    • dinosaur

Further reading

• Lambeosaurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia