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parasaurolophus

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  • noun Parasaurolophus, a herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period of what is now North America that walked both as a biped and a quadruped.

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Examples

  • The greatest moment must have been when I ran up on a scripted sequence of four velociraptors attacking a defenseless parasaurolophus: bypassing the pack of predators, I homed in on the harmless plant-eater, casually jamming my knife into its throat like a basketball player delivering an easy layup.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Steve gaynor 2008

  • The greatest moment must have been when I ran up on a scripted sequence of four velociraptors attacking a defenseless parasaurolophus: bypassing the pack of predators, I homed in on the harmless plant-eater, casually jamming my knife into its throat like a basketball player delivering an easy layup.

    MOTY 08 Steve gaynor 2008

  • It wasn't until he was watching Dinosaur Train on PBS that he just so happened to see that that what he had been told was a hadrosaurus was actually a parasaurolophus (!!!!) and his faith in my dinosaur knowledge was terribly shaken.

    The Amazing Trips 2010

  • Don't miss: The virtual cinematography exhibit, which allows visitors to grab a video camera and unleash their inner James Cameron - using MotionBuilder software to imitate some of the techniques he used while filming "Avatar"; the Lego hadrosaur (more specifically, a parasaurolophus), which has a box of Lego blocks so visitors can make their own additions; the models of the new Bay Bridge and Oakland's Cathedral of Christ the Light; the 3-D printer displays, which show several results of rapid prototyping; the view from the Embarcadero side of the gallery, which has several huge picture windows looking down on the Ferry Building Marketplace.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Peter Hartlaub 2010

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