Definition of "megalosaur" []

• A large carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Megalosaurus of the Jurassic Period. (noun)

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• "Southern England is unusually rich in fossil remains – theiguanadon was found at Lewes, the icthyosaur at LymeRegisand the megalosaur at the Isle of Wight."