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Answer for the clue "Bipedal dinosaur ", 12 letters:
velociraptor

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. an agile dinosaur, of the genus ''Velociraptor'', having sickle-shaped claws

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops; possibly related more closely to birds than to other dinosaurs

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1924, from Latin velox (genitive velocis ) "swift, speedy" (see velocity ) + raptor "robber" (see raptor ). Fossil remains discovered in 1923 in the red Djadochta sandstone at Shabarakh Usu in Mongolia.\n\nThe first (Fig. 1) of the typical megalosaurian ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Velociraptor (; meaning "swift seizer" in Latin ) is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived approximately 75 to 71 million years ago during the later part of the Cretaceous Period . Two species are currently recognized, although others have ...

Usage examples of velociraptor.

On one of them, the hypsilophodonts leapt into the air as a pack of velociraptors entered the field from the west.

The loss of the Velociraptor and the delays in the ABM tests had complicated everything.

Marian had told him once that to get rid of gangsta rap she'd have been willing to be stranded in the Jurassic with a pack of velociraptors in white sheets.

Every asset we have, including the Velociraptors, ought to be involved.

While it seemed logical that some sort of kill command had been sent from Cyclops One to the Velociraptors, there was no evidence in the telemetry data.

You’d want the Velociraptors as backups, just in case, but it’s doable.

As the Velociraptors worked over the Pakistani border near Indian Kashmir, they would feed data back to Cyclops Two, which would remain in Afghan airspace.

The laser aboard Cyclops Two would make the hit, but the two Velociraptors would be close enough to strike the helicopters if it missed.

The radar could not see the Velociraptors, nor would the missiles it guided present much of a challenge to the aircraft’s ECM suite if it came to that.

The two Velociraptors had separated about fifteen miles, Howe to the northeast and Timmy to the southwest of the lead MiG.

The Velociraptors hit the southernmost point of their patrol area, then swept back toward the rendezvous with a tanker.

The two Velociraptors were at fifteen thousand feet, a good five thousand below the MiGs, but that was their only disadvantage.

Just as certain modern birds ate the eggs of other birds, Grant had always assumed that velociraptors would eat dinosaur eggs if they could.

He was frightened to be in this stinking, hellish place, with the velociraptors somewhere around.

Large steel junction boxes provided a makeshift hiding place, protecting them from the view of the two full—size velociraptors that stood directly before them, not five feet away.