megalosaurus C2 Topic:Animals US /ˌmɛɡəloʊˈsɔːrəs/ UK /ˌmeɡələˈsɔːrəs/ See IPA manual Freq #199362 Meanings 1 noun a large meat-eating theropod dinosaur of the genus Megalosaurus, known from Middle Jurassic fossils in England The museum mounted a megalosaurus jaw beside reconstructions of its serrated teeth. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a large meat-eating... megalosaur Word family Related forms theropoddinosaurJurassicMegalosaurus bucklandii Etymology From the New Latin genus name Megalosaurus, formed from Greek megas, stem megal- ("great"), + sauros ("lizard"), literally "great lizard." William Buckland formally named the genus in 1824. Topics Animals External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # megalosaurus **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˌmɛɡəloʊˈsɔːrəs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌmeɡələˈsɔːrəs/ **Frequency rank:** 199362 ## Meanings 1. a large meat-eating theropod dinosaur of the genus Megalosaurus, known from Middle Jurassic fossils in England ## Examples - The museum mounted a megalosaurus jaw beside reconstructions of its serrated teeth. ## Synonyms - megalosaur ## Related Forms - theropod - dinosaur - Jurassic - Megalosaurus bucklandii ## Etymology From the New Latin genus name Megalosaurus, formed from Greek megas, stem megal- ("great"), + sauros ("lizard"), literally "great lizard." William Buckland formally named the genus in 1824. ## Topics - Animals markdown