dromaeosaur
/droʊˈmiːəˌsɔr/
noun
- A type of small to medium-sized, fast-running, meat-eating dinosaur that lived during the Cretaceous period, known for having a large claw on each foot.
- Many scientists believe that dromaeosaurs were closely related to modern birds.
- Fossils of a dromaeosaur were discovered in Mongolia last year.
- The dromaeosaur was a swift predator that hunted in packs.