megalosaurn.
/ˈmɛɡ(ə)ləsɔː/, /ˈmɛɡl̩əsɔː/, U.S. /ˈmɛɡələˌsɔr/ Palaeontology.
A megalosaurus or related dinosaur; a megalosaurid.
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1842 R. Owen in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1841 104 The carnivorous Megalosaur.
1864 C. M. Yonge Trial I. 87 He is physically as strong as a young megalosaur.
1899 Science 15 Dec. 873/2 What may be termed the ‘supporting and balancing’ tail of the Hadrosaurs, Iguanodonts and Megalosaurs is of a much simpler type.
1958 W. E. Swinton Fossil Amphibians & Reptiles (ed. 2) xi. 77 The Megalosaurs were certainly predators of some power, running on the strong hind limbs, with the shorter front limbs used only in resting and feeding.
1985 D. Norman Illustr. Encycl. Dinosaurs 56/1 Dromaeosaurus was grouped by some people with the huge ‘carnosaurs’ (the tyrannosaurids or megalosaurs).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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