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THEROPOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs
Synonyms:
bird-footed dinosaur; theropod; theropod dinosaur
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("theropod" is a kind of...):
saurischian; saurischian dinosaur (herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodile)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "theropod"):
ceratosaur; ceratosaurus (primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America)
carnosaur (large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having huge claws)
tyrannosaur; tyrannosaurus; Tyrannosaurus rex (large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America)
allosaur; allosaurus (late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus)
compsognathus (very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria)
herrerasaur; herrerasaurus (a kind of theropod dinosaur found in Argentina)
eoraptor (a theropod dinosaur of the genus Eoraptor)
megalosaur; megalosaurus (gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe)
ornithomimid (lightly built medium-sized dinosaur having extremely long limbs and necks with small heads and big brains and large eyes)
maniraptor (advanced carnivorous theropod)
Holonyms ("theropod" is a member of...):
suborder Theropoda; Theropoda (carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous)
