HyperDic: mononychus_olecranus

English > 1 sense of the expression *Mononychus olecranus*:
NOUN	animal	Mononychus olecranus	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

English > *Mononychus olecranus*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
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.
Member of	genus Mononychus	authorities disagree over whether to classify the genus as bird or dinosaur
Broader	maniraptor	Advanced carnivorous theropod