Noun: bird-footed dinosaur
- 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