Noun: non-avian dinosaur
- A dinosaur that is not a bird
"Due to the phylogenetic relatedness, extant birds have been used to inform functional aspects of non-avian dinosaur locomotion"; "locomotion to a more hip-driven locomotion, typical of crocodilians (the only other extant archosaur group), mammals, and hypothetically, bipedal non-avian dinosaurs"
Type of: dino [informal], dinosaur
Encyclopedia: Non-avian dinosaur