Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Mononychus olecranus | Yes | No | No | No |
genus Mononychus | Yes | No | No | No |
Mononychus olecranus (noun) | genus Mononychus (noun) |
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a turkey-sized long-legged fossil 75 million years old found in the Gobi Desert having bird-like fused wrist bones and keeled breastbone and a long tail resembling a dinosaur's; short forelimbs end in a single claw instead of wings; classification as bird or dinosaur is in dispute | authorities disagree over whether to classify the genus as bird or dinosaur |