n.
Pronunciation: ' thir- ə - ˌ päd
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin Theropoda, from Greek th ē r wild animal + pod-, pous foot ― more at FIERCE , FOOT
Date: circa 1891
: any of a suborder (Theropoda) of carnivorous bipedal saurischian dinosaurs (as a tyrannosaur or velociraptor) usually having small forelimbs