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deinonychosaur

deinonychosaur noun: any omnivorous or carnivorous coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur of the clade Deinonychosauria.

Noun

deinonychosaur (plural deinonychosaurs)

  1. Any omnivorous or carnivorous coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur of the clade Deinonychosauria

Forms of deinonychosaur

pluraldeinonychosaurs

Origin of deinonychosaur

Back-formation from Deinonychosauria

Questions about deinonychosaur

What does deinonychosaur mean?
Deinonychosaur means any omnivorous or carnivorous coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur of the clade Deinonychosauria.
What part of speech is deinonychosaur?
Deinonychosaur is a noun.
What is the plural of deinonychosaur?
The plural of deinonychosaur is deinonychosaurs.

Words near deinonychosaur in the dictionary

  1. deinocheirids
  2. deinococcal
  3. deinococci
  4. deinococcus
  5. deinonychi
  6. deinonychosaur
  7. deinonychosaurian
  8. deinonychosaurians
  9. deinonychosaurid
  10. deinonychosaurs
  11. deinonychus

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