Allosaurusn.

Brit.

/ˌalə(ʊ)ˈsɔːrəs/, U.S.

/ˌæləˈsɔrəs/

Inflections: Plural Allosauri, Allosauruses.

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Allosaurus.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Allosaurus, genus name (O. C. Marsh 1877, in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 114 515) < allo- allo- comb. form + -saurus -saurus comb. form. The animal was so called because its vertebrae were different from those of other dinosaurs known at the time of its discovery.

Palaeontology.

A genus of theropod dinosaurs which were large bipedal carnivores, known from remains in late Jurassic deposits found chiefly in North America; (also allosaurus) a dinosaur of this genus.

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1878 Academy 5 Jan. 14/2 The vertebrae were pneumatic, but in Allosaurus, without being pneumatic, they were peculiarly modified to ensure lightness.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XX. Pl. facing p. 581 (caption) Skeleton of Allosaurus.

1917 Mentor (N.Y.) 15 Aug. 6 The Allosaurus was a contemporary of Brontosaurus and reached a length of thirty-eight feet.

1955 Sci. News Let. 5 Feb. 94/2 Cavemen had enough to face, what with mastodons, cave bears and woolly rhinoceroses; it is just as well that they were spared casual allosauri and diplodocuses.

1991 M. Cadnum St. Peter's Wolf v. xli. 287 When I was a boy my father would take me to the Academy of Sciences where I would gaze upward at the great, dark skeleton of an allosaurus.

1996 J. Sierra Good Night Dinosaurs 4 Tiny stegosauruses Whispered creepy stories Of the monsters in the forest To trembling allosauruses.

2007 L. M. Chiappe Glorified Dinosaurs ii. 41/2 Today the wishbone has been reported in a variety of tetanurans, including the large Allosaurus and the fearsome Tyrannosaurus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	allosaurus
释义	Allosaurusn. Brit. /ˌalə(ʊ)ˈsɔːrəs/, U.S. /ˌæləˈsɔrəs/ Inflections: Plural Allosauri, Allosauruses. Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Allosaurus. Etymology: < scientific Latin Allosaurus, genus name (O. C. Marsh 1877, in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 114 515) < allo- allo- comb. form + -saurus -saurus comb. form. The animal was so called because its vertebrae were different from those of other dinosaurs known at the time of its discovery. Palaeontology. A genus of theropod dinosaurs which were large bipedal carnivores, known from remains in late Jurassic deposits found chiefly in North America; (also allosaurus) a dinosaur of this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [noun] > Sauria > order Saurischia > member of order Theropoda > genus Allosaurus Allosaurus1878 the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [noun] > Sauria > order Saurischia > member of order Theropoda > genus Allosaurus > member of allosaur1915 Allosaurus1917 1878 Academy 5 Jan. 14/2 The vertebrae were pneumatic, but in Allosaurus, without being pneumatic, they were peculiarly modified to ensure lightness. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XX. Pl. facing p. 581 (caption) Skeleton of Allosaurus. 1917 Mentor (N.Y.) 15 Aug. 6 The Allosaurus was a contemporary of Brontosaurus and reached a length of thirty-eight feet. 1955 Sci. News Let. 5 Feb. 94/2 Cavemen had enough to face, what with mastodons, cave bears and woolly rhinoceroses; it is just as well that they were spared casual allosauri and diplodocuses. 1991 M. Cadnum St. Peter's Wolf v. xli. 287 When I was a boy my father would take me to the Academy of Sciences where I would gaze upward at the great, dark skeleton of an allosaurus. 1996 J. Sierra Good Night Dinosaurs 4 Tiny stegosauruses Whispered creepy stories Of the monsters in the forest To trembling allosauruses. 2007 L. M. Chiappe Glorified Dinosaurs ii. 41/2 Today the wishbone has been reported in a variety of tetanurans, including the large Allosaurus and the fearsome Tyrannosaurus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1878
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