tyrannosaur

tyrannosaur Definition

☆ ty·ran·no·saur (tə ran′ə sôr′, ti-, tī-)

noun

any of a genus (Tyrannosaurus) of huge, two-footed, flesh-eating theropod dinosaurs of the Upper Cretaceous Period in North America and Asia

also tyrannosaurus ty·ran′no·sau′·rus (tī-)

Etymology: < ModL Tyrannosaurus < Gr tyrannos, tyrant + ModL -saurus, -saurus

tyrannosaur Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

black: They say the big prize is the black Tyrannosaur, Satanus.
early: The discovery, unveiled in the journal Nature, might reveal how early tyrannosaurs evolved into the T rex 100 million years later.

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