Showing results for tyrannosaurus. Search instead for pisanosaurus.

tyrannosaurus

British

/ tɪˌrænəˈsɔːrəs, tɪˈrænəˌsɔː /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of tyrannosaurus

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

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

tyrannosaurus

While Chris Pratt may have been a fount of charisma in the early 2010s, his well dried up by the time he ever got in front of a green-screened tyrannosaurus.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2025

“And it doesn’t get any more diagnostic than that, seeing these giant tyrannosaurus teeth starring back at you.”

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

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

Riker’s tyrannosaurus roared and leaned forward, chomping its huge jaws and sending Magdalys and her trike stumbling a few steps back.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023