Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tarbosaur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tar-bosaur
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tyrannosaurid dinosaur of the genus Tarbosaurus from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia and China.

Example Sentences

"Juvenile T. rexes were light and agile before they leveled up into the adults we’re more familiar with. […] Other megatheropods, including abelisaurs and tarbosaurs, also grew from turkey-like hatchlings to bus-sized behemoths over the course of their lives."

Etymology

From the genus name Tarbosaurus, formed with -saur.

Inflected Forms

tarbosaurs (plural)

Questions

What does tarbosaur mean?: A tyrannosaurid dinosaur of the genus Tarbosaurus from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia and China.
Where does tarbosaur come from?: From the genus name Tarbosaurus, formed with -saur.

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