dromaeosaur

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dromaeosaur

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Back-formation from Dromaeosauridae.

noun dromaeosaurs · dromæosaur

Any bird-like theropod dinosaur of the family Dromaeosauridae. In communities with megatheropods, Ms. Schroeder and colleagues found what they call a “carnivore gap”: a large swath of medium-size niches that were empty. For instance, the Hell Creek Formation, a well-studied fossil area that stretches from modern day Utah to Alberta, was once home to 630-pound g
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@misc{dromaeosaur_2026,
  title = {dromaeosaur},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dromaeosaur},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}