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DROMAEOSAURIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Swift-running bipedal dinosaurs

Synonyms:

Dromaeosauridae; family Dromaeosauridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Dromaeosauridae" is a kind of...):

reptile family (a family of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Dromaeosauridae"):

dromaeosaur (a kind of maniraptor)

genus Deinonychus; genus Utahraptor (advanced bipedal carnivorous dinosaur)

Holonyms ("Dromaeosauridae" is a member of...):

Maniraptora; suborder Maniraptora (advanced theropods including oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs and possibly even modern birds)

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