allosaur

[al-uh-sawr]

al·lo·saur

[al-uh-sawr]
noun
a carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Antrodemus (formerly Allosaurus), from the late Jurassic Period of North America, that was about 30 feet (9 meters) long.

Origin:
< Neo-Latin Allosaurus (1877). See allo-, -saur
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World English Dictionary
allosaur or allosaurus (ˈæləˌsɔː, ˌæləˈsɔːrəs)
 
n
any large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the genus Antrodemus (formerly Allosaurus), common in North America in late Jurassic times: suborder Theropoda (theropods)
 
[C19: from allo- + -saur]
 
allosaurus or allosaurus
 
n
 
[C19: from allo- + -saur]

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allosaurus (āl'ə-sôr'əs) or allosaur   (āl'ə-sôr'əs)  Pronunciation Key 
Any of various carnivorous dinosaurs of the genus Allosaurus of the late Jurassic and early Cretaceous Periods. Allosaurs were similar to but smaller than tyrannosaurs.
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