Meanings
plural megalosaurs · alternative megalosaurus
- A carnivorous dinosaur of the family Megalosauridae.
As much mud in the streets as if the waters had but newly retired from the face of the earth, and it would not be wonderful to meet a Megalosaurus, forty feet long or so, waddling like an elephantine lizard up Holborn Hill.
1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLCSynonyms: megalosaurid
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA carnivorous dinosaur of the family Megalosauridae.
More synonyms by meaning
noungigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan megalosaure
- megalosauredinosaur of the Megalosauridae family
French mégalosaure
- mégalosauredinosaur of the Megalosauridae family
German Megalosaurier, Megalosaurus
- Megalosaurierdinosaur of the Megalosauridae family
- Megalosaurusdinosaur of the Megalosauridae family
Italian megalosauro
- megalosaurodinosaur of the Megalosauridae family
Portuguese megalossaurídeo
- megalossaurídeodinosaur of the Megalosauridae family
Cite this entry
megalosaur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megalosaur
“megalosaur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megalosaur. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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