maniraptor
English Thesaurus
1. advanced carnivorous theropod (noun.animal)
| hyponym | : | oviraptorid, |
| definition | : | advanced carnivorous theropod (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | velociraptor, |
| definition | : | small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops; possibly related more closely to birds than to other dinosaurs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | dromaeosaur, |
| definition | : | a kind of maniraptor (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | deinonychus, |
| definition | : | swift agile wolf-sized bipedal dinosaur having a large curved claw on each hind foot; of the Cretaceous (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | superslasher, utahraptor, |
| definition | : | large (20-ft) and swift carnivorous dinosaur having an upright slashing claw 15 inches long on each hind foot; early Cretaceous (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | mononychus olecranus, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | maniraptora, suborder maniraptora, |
| definition | : | advanced theropods including oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs and possibly even modern birds (noun.animal) |
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