Laelaps

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Laelaps \L[ae]"laps\ (l[=e]"l[a^]ps), n. [NL., fr. Gr. lai^laps
     a dark, furious storm.] (Paleon.)
     A genus of huge, carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from the
     Cretaceous formation of the United States. They had very
     large hind legs and tail, and are supposed to have been
     bipedal. Some of the species were about eighteen feet high.


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