Megalosaurus

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “large”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”), coined by William Conybeare as a translation of his original 1821 English name for it, "Huge Lizard". The genus name was formally announced in 1824 by William Buckland. Although it predated (and in large part inspired) the use of the suffix -saurus for dinosaur genera, it also can be analysed as megalo- +‎ -saurus.

Proper noun

Megalosaurus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Megalosauridae – a theropod dinosaur from the Jurassic of England.
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