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Compsognathus (n.)

genus of small dinosaurs, 1868 (from 1859 in German), Modern Latin, from Greek kompsos "refined, elegant, to the point, cunning" (according to Beekes, probably of non-IE origin) + gnathos "jaw," from PIE root *genu- (2) "jawbone, chin."

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Definitions of Compsognathus from WordNet

compsognathus (n.)
very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria;
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