MANIRAPTOR

 Dictionary entry overview: What does maniraptor mean? 

• MANIRAPTOR (noun)
  The noun MANIRAPTOR has 1 sense:

1. advanced carnivorous theropod

  Familiarity information: MANIRAPTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANIRAPTOR (noun)

Meaning:

Advanced carnivorous theropod

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("maniraptor" is a kind of...):

bird-footed dinosaur; theropod; theropod dinosaur (any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "maniraptor"):

oviraptorid (advanced carnivorous theropod)

velociraptor (small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops; possibly related more closely to birds than to other dinosaurs)

dromaeosaur (a kind of maniraptor)

deinonychus (swift agile wolf-sized bipedal dinosaur having a large curved claw on each hind foot; of the Cretaceous)

superslasher; utahraptor (large (20-ft) and swift carnivorous dinosaur having an upright slashing claw 15 inches long on each hind foot; early Cretaceous)

Mononychus olecranus (a turkey-sized long-legged fossil 75 million years old found in the Gobi Desert having birdlike fused wrist bones and keeled breastbone and a long tail resembling a dinosaur's; short forelimbs end in a single claw instead of wings; classification as bird or dinosaur is in dispute)

Holonyms ("maniraptor" is a member of...):

Maniraptora; suborder Maniraptora (advanced theropods including oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs and possibly even modern birds)