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noun
A medium agile dinosaur, of the genus Deinonychus, of the Cretaceous period, characterized by having a large, curved claw on each hind foot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: velociraptor
Antonyms: none provided
noun
swift agile wolf-sized bipedal dinosaur having a large curved claw on each hind foot; of the Cretaceous
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: maniraptor
History
From translingual Deinonychus (1969), from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “fearful, terrible”) (see dinosaur) + ὄνυξ (ónux, “nail, claw, talon”).
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