Theropoda

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Theropoda \The*rop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. qh`r a beast + ?,
     ?, foot.] (Paleon.)
     An order of carnivorous dinosaurs in which the feet are less
     birdlike, and hence more like those of an ordinary quadruped,
     than in the Ornithopoda. It includes the rapacious genera
     {Megalosaurus}, {Creosaurus}, and their allies.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Theropoda
       n : carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs;
           Jurassic and Cretaceous [syn: {suborder Theropoda}]