coelurosaur
/ (sɪˈljʊərəˌsɔː) /
noun
any of various small to very large bipedal carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs belonging to the suborder Theropoda, active in the Triassic and Cretaceous periods; Tyrannosaurus was a coelurosaur, and birds are thought to have evolved from small coelurosaurs
Word Origin for coelurosaur
C20: from New Latin, from Greek
koilos hollow +
ouros tail +
-saur
Words nearby coelurosaur
coeliac disease,
coelom,
coelomate,
coeloscope,
coelostat,
coelurosaur,
coemption,
coen,
coen-,
coenacle,
coenesthesia