Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tyrannosaur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: tyran-nosaur
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, of the family Tyrannosauridae, that lived in North America during the Cretaceous period.

Example Sentences

"So far, Druckenmiller and his team have dug up species from seven different dino families: from big duck-billed dinos, ceretopsians, and tyrannosaurs to smaller thescelosaurs, leptoceratops, dromaeosaurs, and troodontids."
"Instead it belongs to a new species of tyrannosaur, which the researchers have dubbed Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis in a paper published on January 11 in Scientific Reports."

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos) Pre-Greekbor. Ancient Greek σαύρα (saúra) Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros)bor. Translingual -saurus Translingual Tyrannosaurusbor. English tyrannosaur Borrowed from translingual Tyrannosaurus. Doublet of tyrannosaurus

Inflected Forms

tyrannosaurs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

tyrannosaurus

Synonyms

tyrannosaurus tyrannosaurus rex

Questions

What does tyrannosaur mean?: Any large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, of the family Tyrannosauridae, that lived in North America during the Cretaceous period.
Where does tyrannosaur come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos) Pre-Greekbor. Ancient Greek σαύρα (saúra) Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros)bor. Translingual -saurus Translingual Tyrannosaurusbor. English tyrannosaur Borrowed from translingual Tyrannosaurus. Doublet of tyrannosaurus

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