mononychus olecranus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Mononychus olecranus
    n 1: 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
    

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