COELOPHYSIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One of the oldest known dinosaurs; late Triassic; cannibalistic

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("coelophysis" is a kind of...):

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)

Holonyms ("coelophysis" is a member of...):

genus Ceratosaurus (primitive saurischian carnivorous dinosaurs)

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