MANIRAPTORA

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Meaning:

Advanced theropods including oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs and possibly even modern birds

Synonyms:

Maniraptora; suborder Maniraptora

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Maniraptora"):

maniraptor; oviraptorid; genus Velociraptor (advanced carnivorous theropod)

Dromaeosauridae; family Dromaeosauridae (swift-running bipedal dinosaurs)

genus Mononychus (authorities disagree over whether to classify the genus as bird or dinosaur)

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

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