edmontosaurus

noun (an Edmontosaurus, Edmontosauruses; also Edmontosaurus as the genus name)

«edmontosaurus» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A large plant-eating duck-billed dinosaur (a hadrosaur) that lived in North America near the end of the age of dinosaurs, about 68 to 66 million years ago. tree →
Named after Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, where the first fossils were found. tree →

In the lessons

In science lessons and museums about dinosaurs, Edmontosaurus was a common herbivore that lived in herds and was hunted by Tyrannosaurus rex; some fossils even show skin; phrases: «a herd of Edmontosaurus», «duck-billed dinosaur».

Examples

Edmontosaurus had a flat beak like a duck. tree →
Edmontosaurus ate plants with hundreds of grinding teeth. tree →
A T. rex bite mark was found on an Edmontosaurus bone. tree →
Herds of Edmontosaurus roamed Canada and the USA. tree →
Edmontosaurus could grow up to 12 metres long. tree →
The museum had a mummified Edmontosaurus with skin prints. tree →

Note

Scientific names start with a capital letter and are often written in italics: Edmontosaurus. Pronounced ed-MON-toh-SORE-us. «-saurus» means lizard.

On Mova

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