English Explanatory Dictionary

allosaurus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large, carnivorous dinosaur, of genus Allosaurus, that lived in the Jurassic period.

Word forms

allosaurus allosauri allosauruses

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other, different”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).

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