tyrannosaurus

British  

/ tɪˌrænəˈsɔːrəs, tɪˈrænəˌsɔː /

noun

1. any large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the genus Tyrannosaurus, common in North America in upper Jurassic and Cretaceous times: suborder Theropoda (theropods)

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Etymology

Origin of tyrannosaurus

C19: from New Latin, from Greek turannos _tyrant + sauros lizard

Example Sentences

Nicolas Cage reportedly purchased a tyrannosaurus skull for more than £185,000 in 2007 after a bidding war with Leonardo DiCaprio, though he returned it after it emerged that it had been stolen.

From BBC • May 30, 2024

Earlier this year, the United States returned dinosaur fossils taken out of Mongolia, including the skull of an alioramus, a smaller version of a tyrannosaurus rex that lived 70 million years ago.

From Reuters • Nov. 20, 2023

This means that a wide range of iconic dinosaurs were warm-blooded: Velociraptors and tyrannosaurus rexes were theropods, pterodactyls and so-called "monkeydactyls" were pterosaurs, triceratopses and stegosauruses were ornithischia, and brontosauruses and brachiosauruses were sauropods.

From Salon • May 29, 2022

As it moved through the toppled trees and standing brush, it mimicked the sound of a tyrannosaurus rex making its way through the jungle in a “Jurassic Park” movie.

From Washington Times • Jul. 18, 2020

The tyrannosaurus spun, snapping at Magdalys as she scurried up toward Riker.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older