megalosaurus
noun/ˌmeɡələˈsɔːrəs/
/ˌmeɡələˈsɔːrəs/
- a type of dinosaur whose bones were the first to be studied by scientists in the 19th centuryWord Originmodern Latin, from megalo- ‘great’ + Greek sauros ‘lizard’.
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