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GENUS VELOCIRAPTOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Velociraptor mean?
• GENUS VELOCIRAPTOR (noun)
The noun GENUS VELOCIRAPTOR has 1 sense:
1. advanced carnivorous theropod
Familiarity information: GENUS VELOCIRAPTOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Advanced carnivorous theropod
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Velociraptor" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "genus Velociraptor"):
velociraptor (small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops; possibly related more closely to birds than to other dinosaurs)
Holonyms ("genus Velociraptor" is a member of...):
Maniraptora; suborder Maniraptora (advanced theropods including oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs and possibly even modern birds)
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