Tyrannosaurus rex
[ ti-ran-uh-sawr-uhs reks, tahy‐ ]
noun
Origin of Tyrannosaurus rex
1First recorded in 1905–10; New Latin Tyrannosaurus, the genus name; see tyrannosaur + Latin rex “king”; see rex
- Also T. rex .
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How to use Tyrannosaurus rex in a sentence
Modern birds are the last living therapods—the same group of animals that includes Tyrannosaurus rex and Velociraptor—so they’re not simply “descended from” dinosaurs, they are dinosaurs.
He imagines the final days of the last Tyrannosaurus rex, describing its desperate search for food somewhere well north of Mount Rushmore.
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Cultural definitions for Tyrannosaurus rex
Tyrannosaurus rex
[ (ti-ran-uh-sawr-uhs reks) ]
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