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GENUS COMPSOGNATHUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Compsognathus mean?
• GENUS COMPSOGNATHUS (noun)
The noun GENUS COMPSOGNATHUS has 1 sense:
1. a reptile genus of Theropoda
Familiarity information: GENUS COMPSOGNATHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A reptile genus of Theropoda
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Compsognathus" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "genus Compsognathus"):
compsognathus (very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria)
Holonyms ("genus Compsognathus" is a member of...):
suborder Theropoda; Theropoda (carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous)
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