Term: mononychus olecranus: a turkey-sized long-legged fossil 75 million years old found in the Gobi Desert having bird-like fused wrist bones and keeled breastbone and a long tail resembling a dinosaur's; short forelimbs end in a single claw instead of wings; classification as bird or dinosaur is in dispute
Broader: maniraptor: advanced carnivorous theropod | Unrelated: crucible: a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions
Broader: maniraptor: advanced carnivorous theropod | Unrelated: anasazi: a Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings
Broader: maniraptor: advanced carnivorous theropod | Unrelated: resumption: beginning again
Broader: maniraptor: advanced carnivorous theropod | Unrelated: ulmaceae: a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Trema
Broader: maniraptor: advanced carnivorous theropod | Unrelated: atrophy: a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
Broader: maniraptor: advanced carnivorous theropod | Unrelated: lamium: genus of Old World herbs: dead nettles; henbits
Broader: maniraptor: advanced carnivorous theropod | Unrelated: clove: moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves
Broader: maniraptor: advanced carnivorous theropod | Unrelated: thermometry: the measurement of temperature
Broader: maniraptor: advanced carnivorous theropod | Unrelated: cancer: any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream
Broader: maniraptor: advanced carnivorous theropod | Unrelated: copper: a copper penny