Megalosaur

2 definitions found

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

  Megalosaur \Meg"a*lo*saur`\, Megalosaurus \Meg`a*lo*sau"rus\, n.
     [NL. megalosaurus, fr. Gr. me`gas, mega`lh, great + say^ros
     lizard: cf. F. m['e]galosaure.] (Paleon.)
     A gigantic carnivorous dinosaur, whose fossil remains have
     been found in England and elsewhere.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  megalosaur
       n : gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or
           early Cretaceous in Europe [syn: {megalosaurus}]