genus allosaurus

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   carnivorous dinosaur of North America; late Jurassic

   Synonymsgenus Antrodemus

   Broaderreptile genus

   Part ofCarnosaura

Questions about genus allosaurus

What does genus allosaurus mean?

genus allosaurus means "carnivorous dinosaur of North America; late Jurassic".

What is another word for genus allosaurus?

Close synonyms include genus Antrodemus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus allosaurus a common word?

genus allosaurus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.