tyrannosaurus
World English Dictionary
tyrannosaurus or tyrannosaur (tɪˌrænəˈsɔːrəs, tɪˈrænəˌsɔː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| any large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the genus Tyrannosaurus, common in North America in upper Jurassic and Cretaceous times: suborder Theropoda (theropods) | |
| [C19: from New Latin, from Greek turannos | |
| tyrannosaur or tyrannosaur | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from New Latin, from Greek turannos | |
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tyrannosaurus
carnivorous Cretaceous bipedal dinosaur, 1905, Mod.L., the genus name, coined by H.F. Osborn (published 1906 in "Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History" XXI, p.259) from Gk. tyrannos "tyrant" + sauros "lizard."
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