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

1 sense of compsognathus

Sense 1
compsognathus -- (very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria)
       => theropod, theropod dinosaur, bird-footed dinosaur -- (any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs)