theropod dinosaur

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

theropod dinosaur - any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legsbird-footed dinosaur, theropodsaurischian, 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