compsognathus

[komp-sog-nuh-thuhs]

comp·sog·na·thus

[komp-sog-nuh-thuhs]
noun
any bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Compsognathus, of late Jurassic age, having a slender body that reached a length of 30 inches (76 cm).

Origin:
< Neo-Latin (1859) < Greek kompsó(s) elegant + -gnathos -gnathous
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Compsognathus is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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compsognathus

noun
very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria 
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