ornithomimid

Definitions of ornithomimid
  1. noun
    lightly built medium-sized dinosaur having extremely long limbs and necks with small heads and big brains and large eyes
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    types:
    struthiomimus
    small light-boned toothless dinosaur resembling an ostrich in size and proportions
    deinocheirus
    lightly built medium-sized theropod with long limbs and neck
    type 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
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