资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Compsognathus \Comp*sog"na*thus\ (k[o^]mp*s[o^]g"n[.a]*th[u^]s),
   n. [NL., fr. Gr. kompo`s elegant, pretty + gna`qos jaw.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   A genus of Dinosauria found in the Jurassic formation, and
   remarkable for having several birdlike features.

资料来源 : WordNet®

compsognathus
     n : very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic
         in Bavaria