TYRANNOSAUR

tyrannosaur, tyrannosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex

(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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tyrannosaur (plural tyrannosaurs)

Any large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, of the family Tyrannosauridae, that lived in North America during the Cretaceous period.

Synonyms

• tyrannosaurus

Source: Wiktionary



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