Definitions
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- noun Any large
bipedal carnivorous dinosaur , of thefamily Tyrannosauridae , that lived inNorth America during theCretaceous period.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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They can break a tyrannosaur's neck with a swipe of their tail.
Jurassic Park Crichton, Michael, 1942- 1991
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Say "tyrannosaur" and most people picture a clunky, heavy-set beast with huge teeth and a brutish character.
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One thing that we see in other tyrannosaur species is evidence that maybe some of these young animals actually palled around in groups of juveniles - sort of rambling gangs of young tyrannosaurs - potentially even avoiding the adults.
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Analysis of the youngest and most complete dinosaur skull of any species of tyrannosaur finds significant differences between the young and old of the same species.
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Analysis of the youngest and most complete dinosaur skull of any species of tyrannosaur finds significant differences between the young and old of the same species.
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One thing that we see in other tyrannosaur species is evidence that maybe some of these young animals actually palled around in groups of juveniles - sort of rambling gangs of young tyrannosaurs - potentially even avoiding the adults.
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Scientists from Cambridge, London and Melbourne have found the first ever evidence that tyrannosaur dinosaurs existed in the southern continents.
Archive 2010-03-21 Bill Crider 2010
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Scientists find first ever southern tyrannosaur dinosaur: Tyrannosaurus rex, once believed to have only roamed the Earth north of the Equator, may also have lived in the southern hemisphere, paleontologists said Thursday.
Archive 2010-03-21 Bill Crider 2010
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Tyrannosaurus rex may have towered over its Cretaceous competition, but for their first 80 million years, most tyrannosaur species were small-timers -- no bigger than humans, researchers ...
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The conference began with a Wednesday evening welcome reception, held at Chicago's Field Museum, where 28 mostly Illinois breweries had set up beer stations among two stuffed elephants, a couple of totem poles and a tyrannosaur skeleton.
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