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
- : 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.
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