MEGALOSAUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does megalosaur mean? 

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

1. gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEGALOSAUR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

megalosaur; megalosaurus

Hypernyms ("megalosaur" 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 ("megalosaur" is a member of...):

genus Megalosaurus (type genus of the Megalosauridae)