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theropod

/theer-uh-pod/US // ˈθɪər əˌpɒd //UK // (ˈθɪərəpɒd) //

兽兽类动物,兽兽人,兽兽类,兽兽类人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any member of the suborder Theropoda, comprising carnivorous dinosaurs that had short forelimbs and walked or ran on their hind legs.

Examples

  • These theropods — or two-footed, meat-eating dinosaurs — had bladelike teeth.

  • Scansoriopterygids were a branch of theropod dinosaurs, the same group that includes giants like Tyrannosaurus rex as well as the ancestors of birds.