allosaurus
noun
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Allosaurus
Allosaurusnounthe genus Antrodemus.
allosaurus
1 American
[al-uh-sawr-uhs]
/ ˌæl əˈsɔr əs /
noun
allosauruses
plural
Allosaurus
2
American
[al-uh-sawr-uhs]
/ ˌæl əˈsɔr əs /
noun
allosaurus
Scientific
/ ăl′ə-sôr′əs /
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I still remember being wowed by a stegosaurus trying to fend off an allosaurus and being sad about a T. rex that died trying to protect her babies.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025
But their study further supports their theory that sauropod carrion played a significant role in feeding the dinosaur kingdom, and that allosaurus were in fact cannibals.
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2023
Ms. Walter also appeared on “Law & Order,” “Touched by an Angel,” “One Life to Live,” “Murder, She Wrote,” “The Love Boat” and “Mannix” and voiced an anthropomorphic allosaurus on the puppet sitcom “Dinosaurs.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2021
Gualicho shinyae belongs to a different type of dinosaurs called allosaurus, which scientists previously saw with strong, full-sized arms.
From Time • Jul. 14, 2016
Another allosaurus, whining with eagerness, actually clambered up the back of an assailed giant only to fall back under the blast of a retortii mounted in the howdah.
From Astounding Stories, February, 1931 by Bates, Harry
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