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单词 carnosaur
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Definition of carnosaur in English:

carnosaur

nounˈkɑːnəsɔːˈkärnəˌsôr
  • A large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, typically one with greatly reduced forelimbs.

    Infraorder Carnosauria, suborder Theropoda, order Saurischia; includes tyrannosaurus, allosaurus, and megalosaurus

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Many carnosaurs have fairly good-sized forelimbs, unlike the Tyrannosauridae.
    • On average, the carnosaurs were larger than most other theropods.
    • In this classification scheme, carnosaurs represent the largest carnivorous animals to ever walk the land.
    • The large carnosaurs and tyrannosaurs also appear to have shorter teeth than would be expected for a mammalian carnivore of their body size.
    • Allosaurus, predecessor to the Tyrannosaurus Rex and the dominant ‘carnosaur’ - carnivorous dinosaur - of the mid-Jurassic age, has been well known to palaeontologists for decades.

Origin

1930s: from modern Latin, from Latin caro, carn- 'flesh' + Greek sauros 'lizard'.

 
 

Definition of carnosaur in US English:

carnosaur

(also carnosaurus)
nounˈkärnəˌsôr
  • A large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, typically one with greatly reduced forelimbs.

    Infraorder Carnosauria, suborder Theropoda, order Saurischia; includes tyrannosaurus, allosaurus, and megalosaurus

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In this classification scheme, carnosaurs represent the largest carnivorous animals to ever walk the land.
    • The large carnosaurs and tyrannosaurs also appear to have shorter teeth than would be expected for a mammalian carnivore of their body size.
    • Many carnosaurs have fairly good-sized forelimbs, unlike the Tyrannosauridae.
    • Allosaurus, predecessor to the Tyrannosaurus Rex and the dominant ‘carnosaur’ - carnivorous dinosaur - of the mid-Jurassic age, has been well known to palaeontologists for decades.
    • On average, the carnosaurs were larger than most other theropods.

Origin

1930s: from modern Latin, from Latin caro, carn- ‘flesh’ + Greek sauros ‘lizard’.

 
 
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