单词 | dromaeosaur |
释义 | dromaeosaurn. Palaeontology. A dromaeosaurid dinosaur, esp. a relatively small one of the genus Dromaeosaurus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [noun] > Sauria > unspecified and miscellaneous types of iguanodon1830 palaeosaur1846 hadrosaur1877 Titanosaurus1878 anomodont1879 pachysaurian1881 trachodont1905 dromaeosaur1974 1974 Jrnl. 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. 1994 Nature 10 Nov. 130/2 Dromaeosaurs were active predators, popularized as ‘raptors’ in Jurassic Park. 2004 New 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. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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