parasaurolophus

See also: Parasaurolophus

English

Etymology

From the New Latin genus Parasaurolophus; see there for more.

Noun

parasaurolophus (plural parasaurolophuses or parasaurolophi)

  1. 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.
    • 1936 January 30, “Sinclair Dinosaur Stamp Album: 1 Million from One Broadcast”, in Printers’ Ink: A Journal for Advertisers, volume CLXXIV, number 5, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:
      Forty-eight hours after a single announcement on the 353rd broadcast of the Greater Sinclair Minstrels, one million dinosaur stamp books were distributed through 30,000 Sinclair Dealers. So many additional requests were received that another two million albums were printed and distributed. Only an outstanding program could secure so tremendous a response—even with the aid of brontosauri, parasaurolophi and other long departed dinosaurs.
    • 1981 December 15, Don Lessem, “Paperbacks ’81: Novelty items with soft covers”, in Richard M. Gaines, editor, The Boston Phoenix, volume X, number 50, Boston, Mass.: Boston Phoenix Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, section 7 (The Season: Part III), review of “THE DINOSAURS. By William Stout. […]”, page 16, column 5:
      Instead of a dramatis personae of species, The Dinosaurs uses its beasts to illustrate climate, daily life, movement, danger, even extinction. So we meet nesting hydrosaurs, a singing pair of parasaurolophi, a herd of treetop-browsing brontosaurs.
    • 1996 August 11, Associated Press, “Ride proves fascination with dinosaurs not extinct: Universal Studios Hollywood park is drawing mammoth crowds”, in Springfield News-Leader, volume 106, number 224, Springfield, Mo.: Gannett, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11G, column 1:
      The Ride is a swift trip on a water raft through a jungle inhabited by stegosauri, parasaurolophi, dilophosauri, velociraptors and other life-size mechanical dinosaurs.

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