COELUROSAUR


Meaning of COELUROSAUR in English

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■ noun a small slender bipedal carnivorous dinosaur with long forelimbs, believed to be an evolutionary ancestor of birds.

Origin

1950s: from Gk koilos 'hollow' + oura 'tail' + sauros 'lizard'.

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