English noun: theropod dinosaur |
1. | theropod dinosaur (animal) any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs |
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| Synonyms | bird-footed dinosaur, theropod |
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| Broader (hypernym) | saurischian, saurischian dinosaur |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | allosaur, allosaurus, carnosaur, ceratosaur, ceratosaurus, compsognathus, eoraptor, herrerasaur, herrerasaurus, maniraptor, megalosaur, megalosaurus, ornithomimid, tyrannosaur, tyrannosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex |
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| Member meronym | suborder Theropoda, Theropoda |
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