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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Compsognathus

/(kŏmp*sŏg"nȧ*thŭs)/ · Comp·sog·na·thus · IPA
01 n. A genus of carnivorous Dinosauria found in the Jurassic formation with a slender body, and remarkable for having several birdlike features.…
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    A genus of carnivorous Dinosauria found in the Jurassic formation with a slender body, and remarkable for having several birdlike features. It reached a length of 30 inches when adult.(Zool.)