tetanuran

  1. Noun.  Any theropod dinosaur of the clade Tetanurae, defined as all theropods that are more closely related to modern birds than to the genus ''Ceratosaurus''.
  2. Adjective.  Of or pertaining to the dinosaurs of the clade Tetanurae.

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