Definition

1. Noun:
   • A duck-billed dinosaur from Canada found as a fossilized mummy with skin: Edmontosaurus is a genus of large, herbivorous, duck-billed dinosaur (a hadrosaurid) known from exceptionally well-preserved fossils, including "mummies" with skin impressions, found primarily in Canada.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The museum's most impressive fossil is a nearly complete edmontosaurus.
  • Paleontologists study the skin impressions of the edmontosaurus to understand its physiology.

Advanced Usage

• The name is often used in scientific contexts to refer specifically to this genus within the Hadrosauridae family. It is typically italicized in academic writing.
  • The discovery provided new insights into the Edmontosaurus genus.

Variants and Related Words

• Hadrosaurid (n): A member of the family Hadrosauridae, the duck-billed dinosaurs, to which belongs.
• Fossil mummy (n): A fossil that preserves non-bony tissues like skin, a type of preservation known for some specimens.

Synonyms

• Duck-billed dinosaur: A common descriptive synonym for hadrosaurids like .

Related Phrases

• Edmontosaurus mummy: A specific term for the famously well-preserved fossils of this dinosaur with skin and other soft tissues.

Noun

1. duck-billed dinosaur from Canada found as a fossilized mummy with skin