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megalosaur

megalosaur noun: a carnivorous dinosaur of the family Megalosauridae.

Noun

megalosaur (plural megalosaurs)

  1. A carnivorous dinosaur of the family Megalosauridae.
    • 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.1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC

Forms of megalosaur

pluralmegalosaurs
alternative formmegalosaurus

Origin of megalosaur

From megalo- + -saur.

Questions about megalosaur

What does megalosaur mean?
Megalosaur means a carnivorous dinosaur of the family Megalosauridae.
What part of speech is megalosaur?
Megalosaur is a noun.
What is the plural of megalosaur?
The plural of megalosaur is megalosaurs.

Words near megalosaur in the dictionary

  1. megalopterous
  2. megalopygid
  3. megalopygids
  4. megalord
  5. megalords
  6. megalosaur
  7. megalosauri
  8. megalosaurian
  9. megalosaurians
  10. megalosaurid
  11. megalosaurids

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