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TYRANNOSAUR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Synonyms:
tyrannosaur; tyrannosaurus; Tyrannosaurus rex
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tyrannosaur" 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 ("tyrannosaur" is a member of...):
genus Tyrannosaurus (includes a single species)
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