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dromaeosaurine

dromaeosaurine noun: a bird-like theropod dinosaur of the subfamily Dromaeosaurinae.

Noun

dromaeosaurine (plural dromaeosaurines)

  1. A bird-like theropod dinosaur of the subfamily Dromaeosaurinae.
    • Liaoning dromaeosaurids may simply be a grade on the line to velociraptorines and dromaeosaurines, and short arms may have evolved multiple times in this grade.2015 July 16, Junchang Lü, Stephen L. Brusatte, “A large, short-armed, winged dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China and its implications for feather evolution”, in...

Forms of dromaeosaurine

pluraldromaeosaurines

Origin of dromaeosaurine

Back-formation from Dromaeosaurinae.

Questions about dromaeosaurine

What does dromaeosaurine mean?
Dromaeosaurine means a bird-like theropod dinosaur of the subfamily Dromaeosaurinae.
What part of speech is dromaeosaurine?
Dromaeosaurine is a noun.
What is the plural of dromaeosaurine?
The plural of dromaeosaurine is dromaeosaurines.

Words near dromaeosaurine in the dictionary

  1. dromadery
  2. dromaeognathous
  3. dromaeosaur
  4. dromaeosaurid
  5. dromaeosaurids
  6. dromaeosaurine
  7. dromaeosaurines
  8. dromaeosaurs
  9. Dromahair
  10. dromaiid
  11. dromaiids

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