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dromaeosaur

dromaeosaur noun: any bird-like theropod dinosaur of the family Dromaeosauridae.

dromaeosaur: any bird-like theropod dinosaur of the family Dromaeosauridae
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Noun

dromaeosaur (plural dromaeosaurs)

  1. Any bird-like theropod dinosaur of the family Dromaeosauridae.
    • In communities with megatheropods, Ms. Schroeder and colleagues found what they call a “carnivore gap”: a large swath of medium-size niches that were empty. For instance, the Hell Creek Formation, a well-studied fossil area that stretches from modern day Utah to Alberta, was once home to 630-pound...2021 February 25, Cara Giaimo, “The Outsized Influence of Teen T. Rex and Other Young Dinosaurs”, in The New York Times
    Synonyms:
    dromaeosaurid

Synonyms of dromaeosaur

Forms of dromaeosaur

pluraldromaeosaurs
alternative formdromæosaur

Origin of dromaeosaur

Back-formation from Dromaeosauridae.

Questions about dromaeosaur

What does dromaeosaur mean?
Dromaeosaur means any bird-like theropod dinosaur of the family Dromaeosauridae.
What part of speech is dromaeosaur?
Dromaeosaur is a noun.
What is the plural of dromaeosaur?
The plural of dromaeosaur is dromaeosaurs.

Words near dromaeosaur in the dictionary

  1. drolly
  2. droloxifene
  3. Drolsum
  4. dromadery
  5. dromaeognathous
  6. dromaeosaur
  7. dromaeosaurid
  8. dromaeosaurids
  9. dromaeosaurine
  10. dromaeosaurines
  11. dromaeosaurs

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