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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 dispute
Familiarity information: MONONYCHUS OLECRANUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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