2 definitions found 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}]
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