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Definition of: ornithopod
(ôr′nə·thō·pod, ôr·nī′-) Paleontol. noun
One of an extinct order (Ornithischia) of bipedal dinosaurians of herbivorous habits.
—adjective Of or pertaining to this order. [<NL Ornithopoda <Gk. ornis, ornithos a bird + pous, podos a foot]
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