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Definition of allosaurus noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

allosaurus

noun

/ˌæləˈsɔːrəs/

/ˌæləˈsɔːrəs/

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a type of large dinosaur
Word Originmodern Latin, from Greek allos ‘other’ + sauros ‘lizard’.

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