SUBORDER CERATOSAURA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does suborder Ceratosaura mean? 

• SUBORDER CERATOSAURA (noun)
  The noun SUBORDER CERATOSAURA has 1 sense:

1. primitive saurischian dinosaurs

  Familiarity information: SUBORDER CERATOSAURA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBORDER CERATOSAURA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Primitive saurischian dinosaurs

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("suborder Ceratosaura" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "suborder Ceratosaura"):

genus Ceratosaurus (primitive saurischian carnivorous dinosaurs)

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)

genus Coelophysis (late Triassic carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs)

Holonyms ("suborder Ceratosaura" is a member of...):

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