GENUS VELOCIRAPTOR

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Meaning:

Advanced carnivorous theropod

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Velociraptor" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Velociraptor"):

velociraptor (small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops; possibly related more closely to birds than to other dinosaurs)

Holonyms ("genus Velociraptor" is a member of...):

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

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