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ornithopod

or·nith·o·pod [ awr níthə pòd ] (plural or·nith·o·pods)


noun 
Definition:
 
plant-eating dinosaur: a plant-eating dinosaur that had hind feet similar to those of a bird, e.g. the hadrosaur or the iguanodon. Suborder Ornithopoda.

[Late 19th century. < modern Latin ornithopoda< Greek ornith- "bird" + pod- "foot"]
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