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megalosaurus
meg·a·lo·saur·us M5210300 (mĕg′ə-lə-sôr′əs)n. A large carnivorous theropod dinosaur of the genus Megalosaurus of the Jurassic Period, having a large head and short forelimbs. Megalosaurus was the first dinosaur given a scientific name (1824).
[New Latin Megalosaurus, genus name : megalo- + Greek sauros, lizard.]
meg′a·lo·sau′ri·an adj. & n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  megalosaurus - gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europemegalosaurbird-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 legsgenus Megalosaurus - type genus of the Megalosauridae |
megalosaurus
Synonyms for megalosaurusnoun gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in EuropeSynonymsRelated Words- bird-footed dinosaur
- theropod
- theropod dinosaur
- genus Megalosaurus
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