Main Entry: the·ro·pod

Pronunciation: \ˈthir-ə-ˌpäd\

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin Theropoda, from Greek thēr wild animal + pod-, pous foot — more at fierce, foot

Date: circa 1891

: any of a suborder (Theropoda) of carnivorous bipedal saurischian dinosaurs (as a tyrannosaur or velociraptor) usually having small forelimbs