theropoda Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous
    suborder Theropoda.

WordNet


The*rop"o*da noun plural
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. a beast + , , foot.
Definitions
  1. (Paleon.) An order of carnivorous dinosaurs in which the feet are less birdlike, and hence more like those of an ordinary quadruped, than in the Ornithopoda. It includes the repacious genera Megalosaurus, Creosaurus, and their allies.

Webster 1913