First Known Use: 1966
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tyrannosaurid
noun ty·ran·no·sau·rid \-ˈsȯr-əd\
Definition of TYRANNOSAURID
: any of a family (Tyrannosauridae) of large bipedal carnivorous theropod dinosaurs of the Late Cretaceous in North America and central and eastern Asia having forelegs reduced in size and including the tyrannosaur
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Origin of TYRANNOSAURID
New Latin Tyrannosauridae, from Tyrannosaurus
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