Where does “hadrosaur” come from?

hadrosaur (English) comes from English Hadrosaurus, from Ancient Greek σαῦρος, from Ancient Greek σαύρα — lizard.

hadrosaur (English): Any ornithopod dinosaur of the family...

Definitions

  1. Any ornithopod dinosaur of the family...

Ancestry of “hadrosaur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHadrosaurus—
2Ancient GreekσαῦροςAlternative form of σαύρᾱ; horse mackerel
3Ancient Greekσαύραlizard

Words derived from “hadrosaur”

Every word from Ancient Greek σαύρα →Every word from Ancient Greek σαῦρος →Every word from English Hadrosaurus →
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