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noun
A small agile dinosaur, of the genus Velociraptor, having sickle-shaped claws. It is also thought to have had a feathered coat. Fossils have been found in Late Cretaceous deposits Mongolia and China (around 75-71 mya).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Also Deinonychus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: deinonychus
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noun
small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops; possibly related more closely to birds than to other dinosaurs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: maniraptor
History
From New Latin Velociraptor genus name, from vēlōx (“swift”) + raptor (“thief”). The application to Deinonychus came about because Gregory S. Paul proposed that Velociraptor and Deinonychus were the same genus and this idea was taken up in the book leading to the Jurassic Park film series.
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