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- noun Parasaurolophus, a
herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur from the lateCretaceous period of what is nowNorth America that walked both as abiped and aquadruped .
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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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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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