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carnosaur

carnosaur

1 9.9
A large meat-eating dinosaur that walked on two legs like Allosaurus from long ago
  • noun
  • /ˈkɑrnəˌsɔr/
  • Specialized
translation icon : carnívoro
  • Just a feeling, but they're about all I have left. "Hetman," Agnes said after an embarrassed pause, "I didn't mean you when I said that about carnosaurs."

Examples

  • While Steven Spielberg was making Jurassic Park, Roger Corman was making Carnosaur.

    Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four (2015)

  • Obviously smarter than any carnosaur could ever hope to be?

    Fiction book (2002)

  • And they were recycling a set from the movie called Carnosaur and a lot of this stuff was, ya know, foam.

    Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four (2015)

  • As if I trusted carnosaurs any better than humans!

    Fiction book (2002)

  • "It was a bad idea to create carnosaurs," Agnes sighed.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The Allosaurus is one of the most famous examples of a carnosaur, known for its impressive size and sharp teeth.

  • Paleontologists discovered fossils that suggest the carnosaur was a formidable predator millions of years ago.

  • The museum exhibit featured a life-sized model of a carnosaur to illustrate its massive structure and hunting abilities.

Surface Forms

carnosaur singular
carnosaurs plural

Morphology

carnosaur = carnivore (semi-transparent) = carn + saur

The root 'carn' is clear, but 'saur' is less familiar to learners as it is not a standalone English word.

Etymology

Carnosaur combines carn- meaning 'flesh' and -saur meaning 'lizard', the same parts you see in carnivore and dinosaur. So a carnosaur literally means a 'flesh-eating lizard' and that is why the word describes a large meat-eating dinosaur.