dilophosaurus

See also: Dilophosaurus

English

Noun

dilophosaurus (plural dilophosauruses or dilophosauri)

  1. Alternative form of dilophosaur.
    • 1993 November, Stuart Wynne, “Jurassic Park”, in Stuart Wynne, editor, Super Pro, number 12, Bournemouth, Dorset: Paragon Publishing Ltd, “Official Reviews” section, page 48, columns 1–2:
      Then there’s the dinos, just two types; the velociraptors and dilophosauri.
    • 1994, B. B. Calhoun, chapter 10, in Out of Place (Dinosaur Detective; 4), New York, N.Y.: Scientific American Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 81:
      It’s definitely a dilophosaurus. You see, dilophosauruses had this special double-ridged crest on top of their heads.
    • 1996, Douglas Coupland, “Postcard from Palo Alto”, in Polaroids from the Dead, New York, N.Y.: ReganBooks, →ISBN, part 2 (Portraits of People and Places), page 117:
      The overall feel on today is prehistoric. There is a mood of dilophosauri and raptors lurking hungrily in the oak copses—of the savagery that lurks to recapture even the most Disneyfied of environments in the absence of vigilance.
    • 1996 August 11, Associated Press, “Ride proves fascination with dinosaurs not extinct: Universal Studios Hollywood park is drawing mammoth crowds”, in Springfield News-Leader, volume 106, number 224, Springfield, Mo.: Gannett, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11G, column 1:
      The Ride is a swift trip on a water raft through a jungle inhabited by stegosauri, parasaurolophi, dilophosauri, velociraptors and other life-size mechanical dinosaurs.
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