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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small carnivorous theropod dinosaur of the genus Coelophysis of the Triassic Period, having a long neck and tail and an elongated snout.
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- noun one of the oldest known dinosaurs; late Triassic; cannibalistic
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin Coelophysis, genus name : Greek koilos, hollow; see keuə- in Indo-European roots + Greek phusis, form; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.]
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