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CORYTHOSAURUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does corythosaurus mean?
• CORYTHOSAURUS (noun)
The noun CORYTHOSAURUS has 1 sense:
1. duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet
Familiarity information: CORYTHOSAURUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
corythosaur; corythosaurus
Hypernyms ("corythosaurus" is a kind of...):
duck-billed dinosaur; hadrosaur; hadrosaurus (any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic)
Holonyms ("corythosaurus" is a member of...):
genus Corythosaurus (genus of duck-billed dinosaurs of late Cretaceous)
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