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MANIRAPTOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Advanced carnivorous theropod
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("maniraptor" is a kind of...):
bird-footed dinosaur; theropod; theropod dinosaur (any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "maniraptor"):
oviraptorid (advanced carnivorous theropod)
velociraptor (small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops; possibly related more closely to birds than to other dinosaurs)
dromaeosaur (a kind of maniraptor)
deinonychus (swift agile wolf-sized bipedal dinosaur having a large curved claw on each hind foot; of the Cretaceous)
superslasher; utahraptor (large (20-ft) and swift carnivorous dinosaur having an upright slashing claw 15 inches long on each hind foot; early Cretaceous)
Mononychus olecranus (a turkey-sized long-legged fossil 75 million years old found in the Gobi Desert having bird-like fused wrist bones and keeled breastbone and a long tail resembling a dinosaur's; short forelimbs end in a single claw instead of wings; classification as bird or dinosaur is in dispute)
Holonyms ("maniraptor" is a member of...):
Maniraptora; suborder Maniraptora (advanced theropods including oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs and possibly even modern birds)
