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COELOPHYSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coelophysis mean?
• COELOPHYSIS (noun)
The noun COELOPHYSIS has 1 sense:
1. one of the oldest known dinosaurs; late Triassic; cannibalistic
Familiarity information: COELOPHYSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the oldest known dinosaurs; late Triassic; cannibalistic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("coelophysis" is a kind of...):
ceratosaur; ceratosaurus (primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America)
Holonyms ("coelophysis" is a member of...):
genus Ceratosaurus (primitive saurischian carnivorous dinosaurs)
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