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allosaurus

allosaurus noun: a large, carnivorous dinosaur, of genus Allosaurus, that lived in the Jurassic period.

allosaurus: a large, carnivorous dinosaur, of genus Allosaurus, that lived in the Jurassic period
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Noun

allosaurus (plural allosauri or allosauruses)

  1. A large, carnivorous dinosaur, of genus Allosaurus, that lived in the Jurassic period.

allosaurus meaning in Tamil

allosaurus in Tamil

மூமாச்சாரை

Forms of allosaurus

pluralallosauri
pluralallosauruses

Origin of allosaurus

From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other, different”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).

Questions about allosaurus

What does allosaurus mean?
Allosaurus means a large, carnivorous dinosaur, of genus Allosaurus, that lived in the Jurassic period.
What is allosaurus in Tamil?
Allosaurus in Tamil is மூமாச்சாரை. See Allosaurus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is allosaurus?
Allosaurus is a noun.
What is the plural of allosaurus?
The plural of allosaurus is allosauri.

Words near allosaurus in the dictionary

  1. allosaurid
  2. allosaurids
  3. allosauroid
  4. allosauroids
  5. allosaurs
  6. allosaurus
  7. allosauruses
  8. alloscuta
  9. alloscutum
  10. allose
  11. allosecurinine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: allosaurus (page history and authors); allosaurus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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