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MANIRAPTORA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Advanced theropods including oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs and possibly even modern birds
Synonyms:
Maniraptora; suborder Maniraptora
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Maniraptora" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Maniraptora"):
maniraptor; oviraptorid; genus Velociraptor (advanced carnivorous theropod)
Dromaeosauridae; family Dromaeosauridae (swift-running bipedal dinosaurs)
genus Mononychus (authorities disagree over whether to classify the genus as bird or dinosaur)
Holonyms ("Maniraptora" is a member of...):
suborder Theropoda; Theropoda (carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous)