Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun coelophysis

1 sense of coelophysis

Sense 1
coelophysis -- (one of the oldest known dinosaurs; late Triassic; cannibalistic)
       => ceratosaur, ceratosaurus -- (primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America)