noun
- plural of ornithopod; a group of herbivorous dinosaurs that walked on two or four legs and had bird-like hips
Usage: paleontology
Examples
- Ornithopods were among the most successful herbivorous dinosaurs.
- The museum’s exhibit featured several ornithopod fossils.
- Scientists discovered new ornithopods in the Cretaceous rock formations.
- Hadrosaurs and iguanodonts are well-known types of ornithopods.
- These ornithopods had specialized teeth for grinding plant material.
- The ornithopods dominated many ecosystems during the Mesozoic Era.