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noun
Any large carnivorous dinosaur, of the genus Tyrannosaurus, found in North America during the late Cretaceous period.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: tyrannosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: theropod, theropod dinosaur, bird-footed dinosaur
History
Etymology tree Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos) Pre-Greekbor. Ancient Greek σαύρα (saúra) Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros)bor. Translingual -saurus Translingual Tyrannosaurusbor. English tyrannosaurus From translingual Tyrannosaurus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “tyrant”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”). Doublet of tyrannosaur.
Across languages
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