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GENUS ALLOSAURUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Carnivorous dinosaur of North America; late Jurassic

Synonyms:

genus Allosaurus; genus Antrodemus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Allosaurus" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Allosaurus"):

allosaur; allosaurus (late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus)

Holonyms ("genus Allosaurus" is a member of...):

Carnosaura; suborder Carnosaura (largest carnivorous land animals ever known)

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