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theropod
英：【【θɪərəpɒd】】美：【【θɪrəˌpɒd】】
英：
美：
n.
兽脚亚目食肉恐龙，兽脚亚目恐龙
adj.
兽脚亚目恐龙的
1、three-toed theropod ─── 三趾兽脚类
1、Although many lines of evidence indicate that birds evolved from ground-dwelling
theropod
dinosaurs, some scientists remain unconvinced. ─── 尽管有许多证据表明鸟类是从陆生兽脚亚目恐龙进化而来的，但一些科学家仍然表示怀疑。
2、In that sort of environment even a big
theropod
would constantly have been looking over its shoulder. ─── 在那样一种环境下，即便是一头巨大的兽脚亚目食肉恐龙也会不时回头张望。
3、A member of the Dromaeosauridae of dinosaurs, it was a bird-like
theropod
dinosaur, which flourished during the Cretaceous Period. ─── 它属于驰龙科一员，是一种类似鸟类的兽脚亚目食肉恐龙，在白垩纪繁盛一时。
4、Now we must acknowledge that birds are a group of the feathered
theropod
dinosaurs that evolved the capacity of powered flight. ─── 而现在我们则必须承认，所谓的鸟类是指一群有羽毛、演化出飞翔能力的兽足类恐龙。
5、This objection was reasonable when only early
theropod
clavicles had been discovered, but fossilized
theropod
clavicles that look just like the wishbone of Archaeopteryx have now been unearthed. ─── 这种反对是合理的，因为只有早期的兽脚亚目食肉恐龙的锁骨才被发现，但是现在已经发掘出了类似始祖鸟的叉骨的兽脚亚目食肉恐龙锁骨化石。
6、Raptors look quite a bit like dinosaurs but they have much more in common with birds than they do with other
theropod
dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus. ─── 迅猛龙看起来有点像恐龙，但是它们与其他兽脚类恐龙比如暴龙相比，与鸟类更相似。
7、But many
theropod
dinosaurs have ambiguous features, such as peg-like teeth at the front of the mouth, or no teeth at all. ─── 但是，许多食肉恐龙的特征并不是很明显，例如：要么在嘴的前部有“钉状牙齿”，要么就根本没有牙齿。
8、But it is clearly a small, vicious
theropod
similar to the velociraptors that chased the kids around the kitchen in Jurassic Park. ─── 但它显然是一只体型不大却性情凶猛的兽脚亚目食肉恐龙，有点像《侏罗纪公园》里在厨房追逐孩子们的那种迅猛龙。
9、Paleontologists are now carefully studying the closest
theropod
relatives of birds for clues to how this transition occurred. ─── 古生物学家正在对鸟类的兽脚亚目最近亲进行仔细研究，以寻找这种转化的线索。
In that sort of environment even a big
theropod
would constantly have been looking over its shoulder.
The discovery of Eoraptor has opened a window into the early evolution of
theropod
s.
The strongest support for this theory of
theropod
gigantism comes from what is known about the rise of T. rex, however.
Herein described is the first discovery of large sized
theropod
dinosaur footprints from the Middle Jurassic deposits of Yima, Henan Province of China.
Theropod dinosaurs did not share this feature.
Paleontologists are now carefully studying the closest
theropod
relatives of birds for clues to how this transition occurred.
The feathered
theropod
dinosaur is of great importance to scientific studies on origin and early evolution of bird, origin and early evolution of feathers as well as origin of bird s flight.
But it is clearly a small, vicious
theropod
similar to the velociraptors that chased the kids around the kitchen in Jurassic Park.
Paleontologists believe the meat-eating
theropod
dinosaur was light, agile and very fleet of foot, with three large slashing claws on each hand.