GENUS TYRANNOSAURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Tyrannosaurus mean? 

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

1. includes a single species

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS TYRANNOSAURUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Includes a single species

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Tyrannosaurus" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Tyrannosaurus"):

tyrannosaur; tyrannosaurus; Tyrannosaurus rex (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)

Holonyms ("genus Tyrannosaurus" is a member of...):

Carnosaura; suborder Carnosaura (largest carnivorous land animals ever known)