maniraptora

1. 1.

   advanced theropods including oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs and possibly even modern birds

   Synonymssuborder Maniraptora

   Broaderanimal order

   Part ofTheropoda

Other forms of maniraptora

plural

maniraptoras·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about maniraptora

What does maniraptora mean?

maniraptora means "advanced theropods including oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs and possibly even modern birds".

How many syllables are in maniraptora?

maniraptora has 5 syllables: ma-ni-rap-to-ra. The stress falls on "rap".

What is another word for maniraptora?

Close synonyms include suborder Maniraptora. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is maniraptora a common word?

maniraptora is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.