窃蛋龙类

竊蛋龍類
qièdànlónglèi
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 oviraptorosaurs (Oviraptoridae / oviraptorosaur group)

Examples

Qièdànlónglèi shì yī lèi dài yǔmáo de shòujiǎolèi kǒnglóng.
Oviraptorosaurs are a group of feathered theropod dinosaurs.
Zhōngguó fāxiàn le xǔduō qièdànlónglèi huàshí.
Many oviraptorosaur fossils have been discovered in China.

Tips

history
Named "egg-thief dinosaur" because the first specimen was found atop a nest in 1923 and assumed to be raiding it — later proven wrong: the nest was its own. The misleading name stuck under the rules of zoological nomenclature.

Stroke Order

qiè
dàn
lóng
lèi