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tyrannosaurus|tɪˌrænəʊˈsɔːrəs|
Also tyˈrannosaur.
[mod.L. (H. F. Osborn 1905, in Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. XXI. 259), f. tyranno- + Gr. σαῦρος lizard.]
A large bipedal dinosaur of the genus of the same name, known from fossil remains found in North America. Also fig.
1906H. F. Osborn in Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. XXII. 281 (heading) Tyrannosaurus, Upper Cretaceous carnivorous dinosaur. 1927Haldane & Huxley Animal Biol. xi. 240 The Tyrannosaur [was adapted] for preying on large animals. Ibid. xiii. 314 The Tyrannosaurus..stood over twenty feet high. 1934[see ankylosaurus]. 1957L. Eiseley Immense Journey 64 Tyrannosaurs, enormous bipedal caricatures of men, would stalk mindlessly across the sites of future cities. 1984J. Wain in Listener 23 Aug. 37/1 Peter Ustinov and Alec McCowen play two 19th-century American railroad barons—Cornelius Vanderbilt and Jay Gould... The two tyrannosaurs fought to a standstill.
2. Tyrannosaurus rex, the only species of the genus Tyrannosaurus; also fig.
1906Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. XXII. 284 Tyrannosaurus rex... The complete skeleton of this animal is restored. 1972D. Bloodworth Any Number can Play viii. 56 A stupid, feudal autocrat..who believes in the divine right of all Kings, starting with tyrannosaurus rex. 1976‘J. Ross’ I know what it's like to Die xxiv. 150 A crane, fancifully recognisable to him as an orange-painted Tyrannosaurus Rex, towered above a metal-crushing plant. |