dromaeosaur


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dromaeosaur /ˈdrəʊmɪə(ʊ)sɔː/
noun a carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of a group including deinonychus and the velociraptors.
– derivatives
dromaeosaurid noun.
– origin 1970s: from mod. L. Dromaeosauridae (name of a family), based on Gk dromaios ‘swift-running’ + sauros ‘lizard’.
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