Associations to the word «Compsognathus»

Wiktionary

COMPSOGNATHUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Compsognathidae   — small, bipedal, carnivorous theropod dinosaurs, about the size of a turkey, which lived around 150 million years ago.

Dictionary definition

COMPSOGNATHUS, noun. Very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria.

Wise words

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