car·no·saur

(kär′nə-sôr′)

Any of various large carnivorous theropod dinosaurs of the group Carnosauria of the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods, characterized by a large head and teeth and a stiff tail, and including allosaurus and giganotosaurus.

[From New Latin Carnosauria, taxon name : Latin carō, carn-, flesh; see (s)ker- in Indo-European roots + Greek sauros, lizard.]

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carnosaur

(ˈkɑːnəˌsɔː)

any of various large carnivorous bipedal dinosaurs of the group Carnosauria, including the allosaurs

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

carnosaur - large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having huge claws

bird-footed dinosaur, theropod, theropod dinosaur - any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs

Carnosaura, suborder Carnosaura - largest carnivorous land animals ever known

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(2009): A new carnosaur from the Late Jurassic of Qianwei, Sichuan, China.

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"From our observation as well as the confirmation from our research collaborators located in international universities, it is identified that those strange spherical objects are dinosaur eggs belonging to the 'Carnosaur' or 'Sauropod'.

Fossilised eggs found in Tamil Nadu belonged to large dinosaur species

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