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spinosauruses

spinosauruses is the plural of spinosaurus.

Meaning of spinosaurus

Noun

spinosaurus (plural spinosauruses or spinosauri)

  1. A large, extinct, carnivorous dinosaur of genus †Spinosaurus, with a long snout like that of a crocodile and with a sail on its back. It is considered to be the largest theropod dinosaur.
    • The first spinosaurus remains were discovered in Egypt in 1911, but they were destroyed in 1944 during World War II. A lot of what is known about spinosauruses comes from skull material found in Morocco and Algeria in later years.2011, Jay Dale, “Spinosaurus”, in Top Ten Dinosaurs (Deadly and Incredible Animals), Mankato, Minn.: Smart Apple Media, published 2012, →ISBN, page 14
    Synonyms:
    spinosaur

Questions about spinosauruses

What is spinosauruses the plural of?
Spinosauruses is the plural of spinosaurus.

Words near spinosauruses in the dictionary

  1. spinosaurines
  2. spinosauroid
  3. spinosauroids
  4. spinosaurs
  5. spinosaurus
  6. spinosauruses
  7. spinoscalid
  8. spinoscalids
  9. spinose
  10. spinosely
  11. spinoseness

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