Museum Exhibit Vocabulary

noun a small or unusual object that is considered interesting or attractive

adjective used to describe something that is strange or unusual

• The antique shop was filled with various curios from different time periods.
• I found a really cool curio at the flea market yesterday.
• Check out this funky curio I picked up at the thrift store.
• Her eccentric personality made her a real curio among her peers.

noun a type of herbivorous dinosaur that lived during the Cretaceous Period

• The hadrosaur is a type of herbivorous dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period.
• Did you know that the hadrosaur was also known as the 'duck-billed dinosaur'?
• I heard that the hadrosaur was like the hipster of the dinosaur world with its unique duck-like bill.
• The hadrosaur roamed the earth millions of years ago, leaving behind a legacy of ancient mysteries.