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megalosaurus

Definition of megalosaurus

noun

  • a large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the mid Jurassic period, whose remains have been found only in England.
    • Genus Megalosaurus, suborder Theropoda, order Saurischia

Origin:

modern Latin, from megalo- 'great' + Greek sauros 'lizard'

megalosaurus in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of megalosaurus in the US English dictionary