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  • noun Plural form of rex.

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Examples

  • My favorite panel was "What's New in the World of Dinosaurs," wherein we got to talk about Sauropelta and Nyctosaurus and Kentrosaurus and thagomizers and Pterodaustro and how T-rexes lack nasal bones called turbinates (which 99% of living warm-blooded animals have).

    Flowers' Progress, week 9 frankwu 2010

  • Imagine they were like Tyrannosaurus rexes back then.

    Tew's Day! jslove 2009

  • T. rexes in bedsheets and pointy hoods would just energize the man.

    The Other Side of Dark Sarah Smith 2010

  • The criminal loan sharks of the past have been displaced by "legitimate" loan T-rexes of the present.

    Robert S. McElvaine: Banks Declare War on America 2009

  • He took the orignal classic T-Rex sequence and blew it out by throwing in 3 frickin V-rexes at once.

    Row Three » “The Incredible Hulk” Trailer - Where Cinema is more than just $100 Million productions 2008

  • Not just lumbering sauropods either, but swift-footed velociraptors and towering Tyrannosaurus rexes.

    Rapture Ready! Daniel Radosh 2008

  • As if determined to show that he encompasses all the artistic and commercial possibilities of the medium, he swings between a "" Schindler's List '' or an "" Amistad '' (hi s upcoming film on slavery) and the Indy Joneses and T. rexes.

    T. Rex Redux 2008

  • Another poor slob is grabbed by two T. rexes who split him like a human wishbone.

    T. Rex Redux 2008

  • Skull Island should harbour relict descendants of such forms, though I doubt they would fare well among giant V. rexes, terrestrial predatory crocodyliforms and truck-sized arthropods.

    Archive 2006-01-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • Thorough investigation of late Cretaceous wedding registries indicates that the most common name for male T. rexes was "Jayden," followed by "Palmer."

    T. Rexes Weren't Named 'Rex,' and Other Dinosaur Discoveries 2007

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