Theropoda

Theropoda
noun
carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous
• Syn: ↑suborder Theropoda
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sauropodomorpha, ↑suborder Sauropodomorpha
• Member Meronyms:

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\\thiˈräpədə\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from ther- + -poda
: a suborder of Saurischia that comprises carnivorous digitigrade dinosaurs having premaxillary teeth, small forelimbs, and simple slender pubic bones meeting in a symphysis and walking on their hind legs — see compsognathus, megalosaurus

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