Gracile
Gracile adjective - Moving easily.
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The plateosaur' large size could have been obtained to avoid predation by the carnivorous dinosaurs (which were still small and gracile at the time); the only predators that were possibly able to defeat the adults were basal archosaurs such as the contemporaneous Teratosaurus.
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Small and Gracile. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/gracile/small
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