genus mononychus

English Thesaurus

1. authorities disagree over whether to classify the genus as bird or dinosaur (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	reptile genus,
definition	:	a genus of reptiles (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	mononychus olecranus,
definition	:	a turkey-sized long-legged fossil 75 million years old found in the Gobi Desert having bird-like fused wrist bones and keeled breastbone and a long tail resembling a dinosaur's; short forelimbs end in a single claw instead of wings; classification as bird or dinosaur is in dispute (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	maniraptora, suborder maniraptora,
definition	:	advanced theropods including oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs and possibly even modern birds (noun.animal)