See Also: carnosaur(dictionary)
carnosaur(encyclopedia)

carnosaur (iou)



carnosaur noun. M20.
[from mod. Latin Carnosauria (see below), from Latin caro, carn- flesh + Greek sauros lizard.]
Palaeontology. A large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, typically with relatively small forelimbs, of a group (Carnosauria) which included tyrannosaurus, allosaurus, megalosaurus, etc.