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ornithopod (n.)

1933, short for ornithopod dinosaur (1888), from Modern Latin Ornithopoda (1881), the suborder of dinosaurs whose hind legs are like those of birds, from ornitho- "bird" + Greek podos, genitive of pous "foot" (from PIE root *ped- "foot").

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Definitions of ornithopod from WordNet

ornithopod (n.)
bipedal herbivorous dinosaur;
Synonyms: ornithopod dinosaur
From wordnet.princeton.edu