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Tyrannosaurus rex en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /təˌɹænəˈsɔːɹəs ˈɹɛks/
• /taɪˌɹænəˈsɔːɹəs ˈɹɛks/

Meanings

1. A giant carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous period.
   • So Lyell's view is not inconsistent with Dollo's Law of Irreversibility in that, under awful (i.e., evolutionary) changes, biological organisms would not follow the same unlikely path regenerating, say, DNA-exact Tyrannosaurus rexes from ancestral chicken stock in some future age. 2009, Allen A. Debus, Prehistoric Monsters: The Real and Imagined Creatures of the Past, →ISBN, page 251:
   • "Now, Dr. Richgels, you picked a folder from the story box. Could you show us the one that you picked?" Mine shows two Tyrannosaurus rexes fighting […] 2003, Donald J. Richgels, Going to Kindergarten: A Year with an Outstanding Teacher, →ISBN, page 222:
   • Some of the most spectacular beasts in East Coast museums happen to be Tyrannosaurus rexes from Montana. 1999, Fred Setterberg, America: True Stories of Life on the Road, →ISBN, page 244:

Forms

Deriveds

Bantersaurus Rex

Relateds

nanotyrannus · Nanotyrannus

Synonyms

T. rex · T. Rex · T-Rex · T.-rex · T-rex · T.-Rex

Translations (22)

sv T-rex (dinosaur) · ja ティラノサウルス (dinosaur) · de Tyrannosaurus Rex (dinosaur) · ru тираноза́вр-рекс (dinosaur) · ja ティラノサウルス·レックス (dinosaur) · fr Tyrannosaurus rex (dinosaur) · ko 티라노사우루스 (dinosaur) · pt tiranossauro (dinosaur) · ko 티라노사우루스 렉스 (dinosaur) · fr tyrannosaure (dinosaur) · fi tyrannosaurus rex (dinosaur) · es tiranosaurio rex (dinosaur) · ru тираноза́вр (dinosaur) · pl tyranozaur (dinosaur) · cmn 雷克斯暴龍 /雷克斯暴龙 (dinosaur) · cmn 暴龍 /暴龙 (dinosaur) · sv tyrannosaurus rex (dinosaur) · pt tiranossauro-rex (dinosaur) · ja タイラノサウルス (dinosaur) · cmn 霸王龍 /霸王龙 (dinosaur) · et türannosaurus (dinosaur) · ja チラノサウルス (dinosaur)