TYRANNOSAURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tyrannosaurus mean? 

• TYRANNOSAURUS (noun)
  The noun TYRANNOSAURUS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: TYRANNOSAURUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TYRANNOSAURUS (noun)

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

tyrannosaur; tyrannosaurus; Tyrannosaurus rex

Hypernyms ("tyrannosaurus" is a kind of...):

bird-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 legs)

Holonyms ("tyrannosaurus" is a member of...):

genus Tyrannosaurus (includes a single species)