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Noun: allosaur  'a-lu,sor
  1. Late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus
    "The allosaur was the apex predator of its time";
    - allosaurus

Derived forms: allosaurs

Type of: bird-footed dinosaur, theropod, theropod dinosaur

Part of: genus Allosaurus, genus Antrodemus

Encyclopedia: Allosaur