"carnosaur" ko "carnosauria" shine madaidaicin rubutun kalmar da kuka bayar, "carnosaura" ba sanannen kalma ba ne a cikin harshen Ingilishi. zuwa ga wani babban, dinosaur mafarauci na ƙungiyar Carnosauria, wanda ya haɗa da wasu manyan mafarauta da masu ban tsoro da suka taɓa tafiya a duniya. Misalan dinosaur masu cin nama waɗanda ke cikin wannan rukunin sun haɗa da Allosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, da Giganotosaurus. Sunan "carnosaur" ya samo asali ne daga kalmomin Latin "carnis," ma'anar nama, da "sauros," ma'ana kadangare.