tyrannosaur
noun
ty·ran·no·saur
tə-ˈra-nə-ˌsȯr 
tī-
plural tyrannosaurs
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: a massive North American tyrannosaurid dinosaur (Tyrannosaurus rex) : tyrannosaurus rex
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Its fossils underscore the possibility that other tyrannosaurs, such as T. rex itself, may have had fuzzy feathers, too.
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Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
My kids giggle in delight while standing in front of the subwoofer and feeling the heavy thud of a tyrannosaur’s footsteps tickle their shins.
—Adrienne So, WIRED, 1 Apr. 2020
But even as experts have recognized that some species, such as Triceratops, really did lock horns, most ceratopsids had horn arrangements that don’t seem optimized to fight off tyrannosaurs or battle each other.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
From towering sauropods and fearsome tyrannosaurs to tanklike ankylosaurs and horned ceratopsians, dinosaurs dominate our conceptions of the past.
—Kristi Curry Rogers, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
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Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
My kids giggle in delight while standing in front of the subwoofer and feeling the heavy thud of a tyrannosaur’s footsteps tickle their shins.
—Adrienne So, WIRED, 1 Apr. 2020
But even as experts have recognized that some species, such as Triceratops, really did lock horns, most ceratopsids had horn arrangements that don’t seem optimized to fight off tyrannosaurs or battle each other.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
From towering sauropods and fearsome tyrannosaurs to tanklike ankylosaurs and horned ceratopsians, dinosaurs dominate our conceptions of the past.
—Kristi Curry Rogers, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
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“Tyrannosaur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tyrannosaur. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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tyrannosaur
noun
ty·ran·no·saur
tə-ˈran-ə-ˌsȯ(ə)r
tī-
: a very large North American flesh-eating dinosaur of the Cretaceous period that had small forelegs and walked on its hind legs
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