Definition of Megalosaurus
:a genus (the type of the family Megalosauridae) of gigantic carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs of the suborder Theropoda occurring in the European Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous
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Megalosaurus
noun
Meg·a·lo·sau·rus
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Origin and Etymology of megalosaurus
New Latin, from megal- + -saurus
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