theropod

the·ro·pod

T0160500 (thîr′ə-pŏd′)n. Any of various chiefly carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs of the large group Theropoda, characterized by bipedal locomotion, long jaws, and short forelimbs, and including allosaurus and velociraptor.

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[From New Latin Thēropoda, suborder name : Greek thēr, wild beast; see ghwer- in Indo-European roots + New Latin -poda, -pod.]

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the′ro·pod′ adj.

theropod

(ˈθɪərəpɒd) n (Palaeontology) any bipedal carnivorous saurischian dinosaur of the suborder Theropoda, having strong hind legs and grasping hands. They lived in Triassic to Cretaceous times and included tyrannosaurs and megalosaurs[C19: from New Latin theropoda, from Greek thēr beast + pous foot] theropodan n, adj

the•ro•pod

(ˈθɪər əˌpɒd)

n. any saurischian dinosaur of the suborder Theropoda, comprising carnivorous dinosaurs that had short forelimbs and moved on powerful hind legs. [< New Latin Theropoda (1881)]

the·ro·pod

(thîr′ə-pŏd′) One of the two main types of saurischian dinosaurs, widespread during the Mesozoic Era. Theropods were meat eaters, walked on two legs, and had small forelimbs and a large skull with long jaws and sharp teeth. Most theropods were of small or medium size, but some grew very large, like the tyrannosaurus. Compare sauropod.

Thesaurus

Noun

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theropod - any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legsbird-footed dinosaur, theropod dinosaursaurischian, saurischian dinosaur - herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodilesuborder Theropoda, Theropoda - carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceousceratosaur, ceratosaurus - primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North Americacarnosaur - large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having huge clawstyrannosaur, tyrannosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex - large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North Americaallosaur, allosaurus - late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosauruscompsognathus - very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavariaherrerasaur, herrerasaurus - a kind of theropod dinosaur found in Argentinaeoraptor - a theropod dinosaur of the genus Eoraptormegalosaur, megalosaurus - gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europeornithomimid - lightly built medium-sized dinosaur having extremely long limbs and necks with small heads and big brains and large eyesmaniraptor - advanced carnivorous theropod