GENUS HERRERASAURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Herrerasaurus mean? 

• GENUS HERRERASAURUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS HERRERASAURUS has 1 sense:

1. primitive theropod found in Argentina; early Triassic

  Familiarity information: GENUS HERRERASAURUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS HERRERASAURUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Primitive theropod found in Argentina; early Triassic

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Herrerasaurus" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Herrerasaurus"):

herrerasaur; herrerasaurus (a kind of theropod dinosaur found in Argentina)

Holonyms ("genus Herrerasaurus" is a member of...):

suborder Theropoda; Theropoda (carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous)