duck-billed dinosaur

English

Etymology

Derived from the similarity of the heads of certain members of the family to those of modern ducks.

Noun

duck-billed dinosaur (plural duck-billed dinosaurs)

1. (informal) Any ornithopod dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.
   • 2014 July 28, Ian Sample, The Guardian:

     The scientists' report, published in Biological Reviews, found that while, largely, the dinosaurs were faring well at the time of the asteroid impact, the big plant-eating types, including the horned triceratops and duck-billed dinosaurs, had suffered a loss of biodiversity.