TYRANNOSAURUS

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

tyrannosaurus (plural tyrannosauri or tyrannosauruses)

A large carnivorous dinosaur, of the genus Tyrannosaurus, found in North America during the late Cretaceous period.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

29 June 2024

INITIALISM

(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”


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Coffee Trivia

International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.

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