English noun: Mononychus olecranus | |||
1. | Mononychus olecranus (animal) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | maniraptor | ||
Member meronym | genus Mononychus | ||