English > theropod dinosaur: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| 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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| Synonyms | theropod, bird-footed dinosaur |
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| Member of | Theropoda, suborder Theropoda | carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs |
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| Narrower | allosaur, allosaurus | Late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur |
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| carnosaur | large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having huge claws |
| ceratosaur, ceratosaurus | Primitive medium-sized theropod |
| compsognathus | Very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria |
| eoraptor | A theropod dinosaur of the genus Eoraptor |
| herrerasaur, herrerasaurus | A kind of theropod dinosaur found in Argentina |
| maniraptor | Advanced carnivorous theropod |
| 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 |
| tyrannosaur, tyrannosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex | large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations |
| Broader | saurischian, saurischian dinosaur | herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodile |
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