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allosaurus (s) (noun), allosauruses; allosauri (pl)
1. A lizard that lived in the Jurassic period in North America, Africa, Australia, and maybe in Asia: One source calls the allosaurus a “strange (vertebra) lizard and the creature was formerly known as Labrosaurus and Saurophagus. It was named in 1877 by Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899).
2. Etymology: from Latin, meaning “other (or different) lizard
This entry is located in the following units: allo-, all- (page 10) sauro-, saur-, -saurus, -saurid, -saur,
-sauria, -saurian +
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