theropod
Any bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, of the suborder Theropoda, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
Synonyms
- bird-footed dinosaur
A kind of
- saurischian
Kinds of theropod
- allosaur
Related words
- megatheropod
- theropodous
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “theropod” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.