1. any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs; [syn: theropod, theropod dinosaur, bird-footed dinosaur]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
theropod dinosaur
n 1: any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to
Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on
strong hind legs [syn: theropod, theropod dinosaur,
bird-footed dinosaur]