See Also: hypsilophodont(dictionary)

hypsilophodont (iou)



hypsilophodont adjective & noun. L19.
[from Greek hupsilophos high-crested (formed as HYPSI- + LOPHO-) + -ODONT.]
Palaeontology. (Designating) any hypsilophodontid, esp. one of the genus Hypsilophodon, of Lower Cretaceous times.
,hypsilopho'dontid adjective & noun (designating) any of a family of ornithischian dinosaurs of Middle Jurassic to late Cretaceous times which had powerful jaws and chisel-like teeth L20.