Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tyrannosaurus rex

/taɪˌɹænəˈsɔːɹəs ˈɹɛks/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: tyran-nosaurus rex
IPA: /taɪˌɹænəˈsɔːɹəs ˈɹɛks/

26

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A giant carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous period.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Tyrannosaurus rex.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Tyrannosaurus rex.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Some of the most spectacular beasts in East Coast museums happen to be Tyrannosaurus rexes from Montana."
""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 […]"
"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."

Usage

Inflected Forms

Tyrannosaurus rexes (plural) Tyrannosauri reges (plural)

Phrases

Bantersaurus Rex

Frequently Paired Words

Nanotyrannus

Synonyms

T-rex T. Rex T.-rex tyrannosaur tyrannosaurus

Questions

How do you pronounce tyrannosaurus rex?: The recorded pronunciation is /taɪˌɹænəˈsɔːɹəs ˈɹɛks/.
What does tyrannosaurus rex mean?: A giant carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous period.

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