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FAMILY DROMAEOSAURIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Swift-running bipedal dinosaurs
Synonyms:
Dromaeosauridae; family Dromaeosauridae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Dromaeosauridae" is a kind of...):
reptile family (a family of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "family Dromaeosauridae"):
dromaeosaur (a kind of maniraptor)
genus Deinonychus; genus Utahraptor (advanced bipedal carnivorous dinosaur)
Holonyms ("family Dromaeosauridae" is a member of...):
Maniraptora; suborder Maniraptora (advanced theropods including oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs and possibly even modern birds)