THEROPOD DINOSAUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does theropod dinosaur mean? 

• THEROPOD DINOSAUR (noun)
  The noun THEROPOD DINOSAUR has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs

  Familiarity information: THEROPOD DINOSAUR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THEROPOD DINOSAUR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bird-footed dinosaur; theropod; theropod dinosaur

Hypernyms ("theropod dinosaur" is a kind of...):

saurischian; saurischian dinosaur (herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodile)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "theropod dinosaur"):

ceratosaur; ceratosaurus (primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America)

carnosaur (large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having huge claws)

tyrannosaur; tyrannosaurus; Tyrannosaurus rex (large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America)

allosaur; allosaurus (late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus)

compsognathus (very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria)

herrerasaur; herrerasaurus (a kind of theropod dinosaur found in Argentina)

eoraptor (a theropod dinosaur of the genus Eoraptor)

megalosaur; megalosaurus (gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe)

ornithomimid (lightly built medium-sized dinosaur having extremely long limbs and necks with small heads and big brains and large eyes)

maniraptor (advanced carnivorous theropod)

Holonyms ("theropod dinosaur" is a member of...):

suborder Theropoda; Theropoda (carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous)