| theromorpha | <paleontology> See Theriodonta. Origin: NL., Gr. Beast + form. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| therophyte | An annual plant that overwinters as a seed. (09 Oct 1997) |
| theropithecus | A genus of old world monkeys of the subfamily cercopithecinae, family cercopithecidae, that inhabits the mountainous regions of ethiopia. The genus consists of only one species, theropithecus gelada. (12 Dec 1998) |
| theropoda | <paleontology> An order of carnivorous dinosaurs in which the feet are less birdlike, and hence more like those of an ordinary quadruped, than in the Ornithopoda. It includes the repacious genera Megalosaurus, Creosaurus, and their allies. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A beast +, foot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |