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tyrannosaur
ty·ran·no·saur T0450100 (tĭ-răn′ə-sôr′, tī-)n.1. See tyrannosaurid.2. See tyrannosaurus.
[From New Latin Tyrannosaurus, genus name; see tyrannosaurus.]ty•ran•no•saur (tɪˈræn əˌsɔr, taɪ-)
n. any of several large theropod dinosaurs of the late Cretaceous Period of North America and Asia of the genus Tyrannosaurus, esp. T. rex. [< New Latin Tyrannosaurus (1905) = Greek tyranno-, comb. form of týrannos tyrant + saûros -saur] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  tyrannosaur - 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 Americatyrannosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rexbird-footed dinosaur, theropod, theropod dinosaur - any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legsgenus Tyrannosaurus - includes a single species |
TranslationsTyrannosaur
tyrannosaurus, tyrannosaur any large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the genus Tyrannosaurus, common in North America in upper Jurassic and Cretaceous times: suborder Theropoda (theropods) Tyrannosaur[tə′ran·ə‚sȯr] (pateontology) A large carnivorous therapod dinosaur 40 feet (12 meters) long and weighing 6 tons, from the Late Cretaceous Period that had powerful hindlimbs, short forelimbs, a large skull (4 feet long), and very powerful jaws. tyrannosaur
Synonyms for tyrannosaurnoun large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrationsSynonyms- tyrannosaurus
- Tyrannosaurus rex
Related Words- bird-footed dinosaur
- theropod
- theropod dinosaur
- genus Tyrannosaurus
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