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Gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe
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megalosaurus
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Megalosaur \Meg"a*lo*saur`\, Megalosaurus \Meg`a*lo*sau"rus\, n. [NL. megalosaurus, fr. Gr. me`gas, mega`lh, great + say^ros lizard: cf. F. m['e]galosaure.] (Paleon.) A gigantic carnivorous dinosaur, whose fossil remains have been found in England ...
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n. gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe [syn: megalosaur ]
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Megalosaurus (meaning "Great Lizard", from Greek μέγας, megas , meaning 'big', 'tall' or 'great' and σαῦρος, sauros , meaning 'lizard') is a genus of large meat-eating theropod dinosaurs of the Middle Jurassic period ( Bathonian stage, 166 million years ...
Usage examples of megalosaurus.
It was the Megalosaurus, and the name was actually suggested to Buckland by his friend Dr.
But having noticed this much, Buckland failed to realize what it meant: Megalosaurus was an entirely new type of creature.
That they might move faster through the soft soil, they improved upon their legs and their size increased until the world was populated with gigantic forms (which the hand-books of biology list under the names of Ichthyosaurus and Megalosaurus and Brontosaurus) who grew to be thirty to forty feet long and who could have played with elephants as a full grown cat plays with her kittens.
As much mud in the streets, as if the waters had but newly retired from the face of the earth, and it would not be wonderful to meet a Megalosaurus, forty feet long or so, waddling like an elephantine lizard up Holborn Hill.