megalosaurid
/ˌmɛɡ(ə)ləˈsɔːrɪd/ /ˌmɛɡ(ə)ləˈsɔːrɪd/Palaeontology
noun
A member of the genus Megalosaurus or related genera (originally regarded as members of a distinct family) of large carnivorous dinosaurs.
adjective
Of, relating to, or designating dinosaurs of a group related to Megalosaurus.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. From scientific Latin Megalosauridae, family name from Megalosaurus + -idae.
- crossflow
- cross-functional
- cross-grain
- cross-grained
- cross guard
- cross hairs
- cross-hatch
- cross head
- cross heading
- cross-ice
- cross index
- cross infection
- crossing
- crossing guard
- crossing over
- cross lease
- cross-legged
- cross-license
- cross light
- cross link
- cross-linkage
- crossly
- crossmatch
- cross member
- cross my heart (and hope to die)