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Noun: megalosaur
  1. Gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe
    "The megalosaur was one of the first dinosaurs to be scientifically described";
    - megalosaurus

Derived forms: megalosaurs

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

Part of: genus Megalosaurus

Encyclopedia: Megalosaur