A genus of carnivorous Dinosauria found in the Jurassic formation with a slender body, and remarkable for having several birdlike features. It reached a length of 30 inches when adult.(noun)
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Use "compsognathus" in a sentence
"If i traveled back in time to the age of the dinosaurs and couldn't escape i would travel around killing compsognathus untill, i was The Supreme Unholy Emperor of the Compsognathus '!"
"If that’s the case, it must have been a compsognathus (which are said to be scavengers and are about as big as a chicken)."