Megalosaurus

noun

Meg·​a·​lo·​sau·​rus

: 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

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from megal- + -saurus

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Rhymes for Megalosaurus

• maquiladoras
• authorise
• clitoris
• liquorice
• prioress
• pylorus
• thesaurus
• chloris
• chorus
• horus
• lores
• morrice