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COMPSOGNATHUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does compsognathus mean?
• COMPSOGNATHUS (noun)
The noun COMPSOGNATHUS has 1 sense:
1. very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria
Familiarity information: COMPSOGNATHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("compsognathus" 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)
Holonyms ("compsognathus" is a member of...):
genus Compsognathus (a reptile genus of Theropoda)
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