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    THEROPOD DINOSAUR

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legsplay

    Synonyms:

    bird-footed dinosaur; theropod; theropod dinosaur

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("theropod dinosaur" 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 dinosaur"):

    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 dinosaur" is a member of...):

    suborder Theropoda; Theropoda (carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous)

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