Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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.
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- noun Any large
carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the infraorder Carnosauria
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having huge claws
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It has some of the best preserved dinosaur tracks in the world, including a chase sequence between a carnosaur and a sauropod.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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It has some of the best preserved dinosaur tracks in the world, including a chase sequence between a carnosaur and a sauropod.
Clever Girl 2009
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No, there was only one other Frost family member with the ability to lead the Starcorp and outwit the Concern carnosaur hoping to make a meal of it: Rampart's dynamic First Vice President and Chief Transport and Distribution Officer.
Perseus Spur May, Julian, 1931- 1998
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I honestly wouldn't care one way or the other if any of them had their head ripped off by a carnosaur.
The Guardian World News Sam Wollaston 2011
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Currie PJ (2000) A new carnosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Japan.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Scott A. Hocknull et al. 2009
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Zhao X-Jin (1993) A new carnosaur (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Jurassic of Xinjiang, People's Repulic of China.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Scott A. Hocknull et al. 2009
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Then, finally and fatally decided, they executed the screwing half rolls which brought their jaws against the undersides of sauropod and carnosaur alike.
AMBL 2008
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