ALLOSAURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does allosaurus mean? 

• ALLOSAURUS (noun)
  The noun ALLOSAURUS has 1 sense:

1. late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus

  Familiarity information: ALLOSAURUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALLOSAURUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

allosaur; allosaurus

Hypernyms ("allosaurus" is a kind of...):

bird-footed dinosaur; theropod; theropod dinosaur (any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs)

Holonyms ("allosaurus" is a member of...):

genus Allosaurus; genus Antrodemus (carnivorous dinosaur of North America; late Jurassic)

 Context examples 

Personally, I should pronounce for allosaurus.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)