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GENUS COMPSOGNATHUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Compsognathus mean?

• GENUS COMPSOGNATHUS (noun)
The noun GENUS COMPSOGNATHUS has 1 sense:

1. a reptile genus of Theropoda

Familiarity information: GENUS COMPSOGNATHUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS COMPSOGNATHUS (noun)

Sense 1

genus Compsognathus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A reptile genus of Theropoda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Compsognathus" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Compsognathus"):

compsognathus (very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria)

Holonyms ("genus Compsognathus" is a member of...):

suborder Theropoda; Theropoda (carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous)

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