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dromaeosaur, n. Palaeontol.
Brit. |ˈdrɒmɪəsɔː|, U.S. |ˈdrɑmɪəˌsɔ(ə)r|
Forms: 19– dromaeosaur, 19– dromeosaur
[‹ scientific Latin Dromaeosaurus, genus name (W. D. Matthew & B. Brown 1922, in Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 46 383) > adj.) + -saurus -saur comb. form. Compare slightly earlier dromaeosaurid n.]
A dromaeosaurid dinosaur, esp. a relatively small one of the genus Dromaeosaurus.
1974Jrnl. Biogeography 1 85/2 Though a dromaeosaur is reported from the Upper Cretaceous of South America.., this group is known from the earliest Lower Cretaceous in North America and may have spread to Gondwanaland before that supercontinent became isolated. 1994Nature 10 Nov. 130/2 Dromaeosaurs were active predators, popularized as ‘raptors’ in Jurassic Park. 2004New Scientist 22 May 8/2 Microraptor lived 20 million years later than Archaeopteryx, but it is the most primitive known type of dromeosaur, a two-legged predator closely related to birds. |