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Noun: bird-footed dinosaur
  1. Any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs
    "Many bird-footed dinosaurs, including Velociraptor, had feathers";
    - theropod, theropod dinosaur

Derived forms: bird-footed dinosaurs

Type of: saurischian, saurischian dinosaur

Part of: suborder Theropoda, Theropoda