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megatheropods

megatheropods is the plural of megatheropod.

Meaning of megatheropod

Noun

megatheropod (plural megatheropods)

  1. Any theropod dinosaur that exceeds 3000 kilograms in weight, and 9 meters in length.
    • Juvenile T. rexes were light and agile before they leveled up into the adults we’re more familiar with. […] Other megatheropods, including abelisaurs and tarbosaurs, also grew from turkey-like hatchlings to bus-sized behemoths over the course of their lives.2021 February 25, Cara Giaimo, “The Outsized Influence of Teen T. Rex and Other Young Dinosaurs”, in The New York Times

Questions about megatheropods

What is megatheropods the plural of?
Megatheropods is the plural of megatheropod.

Words near megatheropods in the dictionary

  1. megathermic
  2. megatherms
  3. megatheroid
  4. megatheroids
  5. megatheropod
  6. megatheropods
  7. megathread
  8. megathreads
  9. megathrombocyte
  10. megathrombocytes
  11. megathrombocytopenia

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