Megalosaur (Noun)
Meaning
Gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The megalosaur, a fierce predator, roamed the European countryside during the Jurassic period.
- Megalosaurs were known to be a gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur species that inhabited Europe.
- After years of excavation, the team finally found a nearly complete megalosaur skeleton buried beneath the earth.
- The megalosaur, with its massive jaws and sharp teeth, was at the top of the food chain in early Europe.
- Scientists believe that megalosaurs may have hunted in packs to bring down large herbivorous prey in the late Jurassic.