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troodontids

troodontids is the plural of troodontid.

Meaning of troodontid

Noun

troodontid (plural troodontids)

  1. Any member of the family †Troodontidae of small, bird-like theropod dinosaurs with large brains, large eyes, and a retractable claw on the second toe of each hind foot, similar to a farmer's sickle, used for slashing at prey.
    • So far, Druckenmiller and his team have dug up species from seven different dino families: from big duck-billed dinos, ceretopsians, and tyrannosaurs to smaller thescelosaurs, leptoceratops, dromaeosaurs, and troodontids.2021 September 21, Karen Hopkin, “Dinosaurs Lived—and Made Little Dinos—in the Arctic”, in Scientific American

Questions about troodontids

What is troodontids the plural of?
Troodontids is the plural of troodontid.

Words near troodontids in the dictionary

  1. tronks
  2. Tronna
  3. trons
  4. troo
  5. troodontid
  6. troodontids
  7. troof
  8. troofs
  9. trooly
  10. troon
  11. troon out

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