HyperDic: maniraptor

English > 1 sense of the word maniraptor:
NOUNanimalmaniraptoradvanced carnivorous theropod
English > maniraptor: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAdvanced carnivorous theropod.
Member ofManiraptora, suborder ManiraptoraAdvanced theropods including oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs and possibly even modern birds
NarrowerMononychus olecranusA 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
deinonychusswift agile wolf-sized bipedal dinosaur having a large curved claw on each hind foot
dromaeosaurA kind of maniraptor
oviraptoridAdvanced carnivorous theropod
utahraptor, superslasherlarge (20-ft) and swift carnivorous dinosaur having an upright slashing claw 15 inches long on each hind foot
velociraptorsmall active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops
Broadertheropod, theropod dinosaur, bird-footed dinosaurAny of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs
Spanishmaniraptor
Catalanmaniraptor

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