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US
/tɪɹænəˈsɔɹəs/
]
[ UK /tˌɪɹɐnəsˈɔːɹəs/ ]
[ UK /tˌɪɹɐnəsˈɔːɹəs/ ]
NOUN
- large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America
How To Use tyrannosaurus In A Sentence
- He is like a Tyrannosaurus Rex, leading a herd of corporate dinosaurs over the cliff and bellowing as he goes.
- The exciting discovery was apparently made when researchers were forced to break open the leg bone of a Tyrannosaurus rex fossil to lift it by helicopter.
- Which is the nearest fossil relative of a chicken: pterodactyl, tyrannosaurus or woolly mammoth? Times, Sunday Times
- The neighbouring Museum of Natural History has the third-largest dinosaur collection in the world, including skeletons of tyrannosaurus rex, diplodocus and stegosaurus.
- The discovery of a giant meat-eating dinosaur sporting a downy coat has some scientists reimagining the look of Tyrannosaurus rex.
- When she opened the cupboard, Alvin saw the inch-high Tyrannosaurus erect and gaping pinkly among the mugs.
- The huge, heavy ‘frill’ of ceratopsians such as Triceratops may have served as armor against the attacks of saurischian predators like Tyrannosaurus, which lived in the same time and place as Triceratops.
- The lower images show the fossilized bone of a Tyrannosaurus rex.
- And the "few" viable pathways diverging from the first dinosaur includes stegosaurus and tyrannosaurus. Biomolecular Networks
- It was a faithful likeness of the movie poster for Jurassic Park, with that distinctive script spelling out "When lizards ruled the earth", but instead of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, the marauder was a massive fanged gecko looking for something to devour. MORE FROM GINNY BATES: ALLIE