MEGALOSAURUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

megalosaur; megalosaurus

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Nouns denoting animals

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

genus Megalosaurus (type genus of the Megalosauridae)

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