theropoda

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Theropoda
    n 1: carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs;
         Jurassic and Cretaceous [syn: {Theropoda}, {suborder
         Theropoda}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Theropoda \The*rop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. qh`r a beast + ?,
   ?, foot.] (Paleon.)
   An order of carnivorous dinosaurs in which the feet are less
   birdlike, and hence more like those of an ordinary quadruped,
   than in the Ornithopoda. It includes the rapacious genera
   {Megalosaurus}, {Creosaurus}, and their allies.
   [1913 Webster]