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GENUS DEINONYCHUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Deinonychus mean?
• GENUS DEINONYCHUS (noun)
The noun GENUS DEINONYCHUS has 1 sense:
1. advanced bipedal carnivorous dinosaur
Familiarity information: GENUS DEINONYCHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Advanced bipedal carnivorous dinosaur
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Deinonychus" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "genus Deinonychus"):
deinonychus (swift agile wolf-sized bipedal dinosaur having a large curved claw on each hind foot; of the Cretaceous)
Holonyms ("genus Deinonychus" is a member of...):
Dromaeosauridae; family Dromaeosauridae (swift-running bipedal dinosaurs)
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