Tyrannosaur

Quick meaning: Tyrannosaur is a noun meaning Any large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, of the family Tyrannosauridae, that lived in North America during the Cretaceous period.

Meaning

Any large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, of the family Tyrannosauridae, that lived in North America during the Cretaceous period.

Example Sentences

Instead it belongs to a new species of tyrannosaur, which the researchers have dubbed Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis in a paper published on January 11 in Scientific Reports.

So far, Druckenmiller and his team have dug up species from seven different dino families: from big duck-billed dinos, ceretopsians, and tyrannosaurs to smaller thescelosaurs, leptoceratops, dromaeosaurs, and troodontids.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for tyrannosaur

Depending on context, synonyms include tyrannosaurus.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tyrannosaurus, tyrannosaurine, tyrannosaurid, tyrannosauroid, tyrannoraptoran, carnosaur.

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