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  • proper noun A Cretaceous dinosaur believed capable of running very fast.

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Examples

  • In fact, the majority of feathered dinosaurs found so far belong to the group called coelurosaurs, which also counts the film's Tyrannosaurus and Gallimimus as members.

    That's Not a Dinosaur! Brian Switek 2011

  • Three months and a billion bytes later, ILM computers produced a 10-foot Gallimimus.

    Believe In Magic 2008

  • Simulating the perspective of two cameras, they then replicated the Gallimimus 10 more times.

    Believe In Magic 2008

  • I learned, after watching the film, that my two favorite dinosaur scenes — the fleeing herd of Gallimimus, and the final attack of Tyrannosaurus upon the last two Velociraptors — were entirely computer-generated.

    Dinomania Gould, Stephen Jay 1993

  • The smaller species care for and help each other — down to such subtle details as experienced elders keeping young Gallimimus in the safer center of the fleeing herd.

    Dinomania Gould, Stephen Jay 1993

  • With an estimated body mass of almost 1400 lbs. (626 kg), Beishanlong is one of the largest ornithomimosaurs yet described, rivaling the Late Cretaceous ornithomimosaur Gallimimus in size.

    Science Blog - Science news straight from the source 2009

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