Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dinosaur of the family Megalosauridæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Paleon.) A gigantic carnivorous dinosaur, whose fossil remains have been found in England and elsewhere.
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- noun A
carnivorous dinosaur of the Megalosauridae family.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe
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Southern England is unusually rich in fossil remains – theiguanadon was found at Lewes, the icthyosaur at LymeRegisand the megalosaur at the Isle of Wight.
From the archive, 20 July 1983: Dinosaur "find of the century" 2010
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