ornithopod
noun
or·nith·o·pod
ȯr-ˈni-thə-ˌpäd 
ˈȯr-ni-thə-
ˈȯr-ni-thə-
: any of a suborder (Ornithopoda) of bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs (such as a hadrosaur) with digitigrade walking limbs usually having only three functional toes
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Two limb bones — one from a subadult ornithopod dinosaur, and the other from a juvenile ornithopod dinosaur — show tooth marks.
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