Hypernym

saurischian 1

noun

herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodile

Member_meronym

Theropoda 1

noun

carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous

bird-footed dinosaur 1

noundomain: animal

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs

Synonyms

theropod 1
any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs
theropod dinosaur 1
any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs

Hyponym

ceratosaur 1

noun

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 America

carnosaur 1

noun

large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having huge claws

tyrannosaur 1

noun

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 America

allosaur 1

noun

late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus

compsognathus 1

noun

very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria

Member_holonym

Theropoda 1

noun

carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous