the rom or phi a (the rom or fia)

[NL., IMG:content-0250.jpg:[blocks in formation] morph a + -ic.] The rom or pho us. the rom orphic2 (the-ro-morfik), a. [ Theropod a . II. n. A carnivorous dinosaur of the order Theropod a . Also the rio pod , and (erroneously) therapod . Theropod a (the-rop'ō-da), n. pl . [NL.: see theropod.) An order of extinct carnivorous dinosaurs, having digitigrade feet with prehensile claws, very small fore limbs, hollow limb bones, cavernous vertebræ, premaxillary teeth, and united pubes. They were of large or gigantic size and predaceous habits, and in the structure of the feet resembled quadrupeds rather than birds (see Ornithopod a ), whence the name. There are several families, as Megalo sauridæ , Zanclodontidæ , Amphisauridæ , and Labrosauri dæ . Also, incorrectly, The rap oda . Same as the