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MONONYCHUS OLECRANUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mononychus olecranus mean? 

MONONYCHUS OLECRANUS (noun)
  The noun MONONYCHUS OLECRANUS has 1 sense:

1. 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 disputeplay

  Familiarity information: MONONYCHUS OLECRANUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MONONYCHUS OLECRANUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Mononychus olecranus" is a kind of...):

maniraptor (advanced carnivorous theropod)

Holonyms ("Mononychus olecranus" is a member of...):

genus Mononychus (authorities disagree over whether to classify the genus as bird or dinosaur)


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