Home › Words › D › dromaeosaurdromaeosaurdromaeosaur · noun — any bird-like theropod dinosaur of the family Dromaeosauridae.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyBack-formation from Dromaeosauridae.nounAny bird-like theropod dinosaur of the family Dromaeosauridae.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.dromaeosaurid 96% match — A bird-like theropod dinosaur of the family Dromaeosauridae. vs dromaeosaur →dromaeosaurine 85% match — A bird-like theropod dinosaur of the subfamily Dromaeosaurinae. vs dromaeosaur →dryptosaurid 78% match — Any dinosaur in the family Dryptosauridae. vs dromaeosaur →dromaiid 77% match — Any bird in the family Dromaiidae; an emu. vs dromaeosaur →dromaeognathous 72% match — Possessing a palatal structure akin to the emu and the other (now extinct) species of the genus Dromaius. vs dromaeosaur →avetheropod 72% match — Any birdlike theropod of the clade Avetheropoda vs dromaeosaur →dryosaurid 71% match — Any dinosaur in the family Dryosauridae. vs dromaeosaur →dromornithid 71% match — Any member of the Dromornithidae. vs dromaeosaur →