dilophosaurus

plural dilophosauruses · plural dilophosauri

1. alternativeAlternative form of dilophosaur.

   Then there’s the dinos, just two types; the velociraptors and dilophosauri.

   1993 November, Stuart Wynne, “Jurassic Park”, in Stuart Wynne, editor, Super Pro, number 12, Bournemouth, Dorset: Paragon Publishing Ltd, “Official Reviews” section, page 48, columns 1–2

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   It’s definitely a dilophosaurus. You see, dilophosauruses had this special double-ridged crest on top of their heads.

   1994, B. B. Calhoun, chapter 10, in Out of Place (Dinosaur Detective; 4), New York, N.Y.: Scientific American Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 81

   The overall feel on today is prehistoric. There is a mood of dilophosauri and raptors lurking hungrily in the oak copses—of the savagery that lurks to recapture even the most Disneyfied of environments in the absence of vigilance.

   1996, Douglas Coupland, “Postcard from Palo Alto”, in Polaroids from the Dead, New York, N.Y.: ReganBooks, →ISBN, part 2 (Portraits of People and Places), page 117

   The Ride is a swift trip on a water raft through a jungle inhabited by stegosauri, parasaurolophi, dilophosauri, velociraptors and other life-size mechanical dinosaurs.

   1996 August 11, Associated Press, “Ride proves fascination with dinosaurs not extinct: Universal Studios Hollywood park is drawing mammoth crowds”, in Springfield News-Leader, volume 106, number 224, Springfield, Mo.: Gannett, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11G, column 1