tyrannosaurus

noun ty·ran·no·sau·rus \tə-ˌra-nə-ˈsȯr-əs, (ˌ)tī-\

: a very large meat-eating dinosaur

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New Latin

First Known Use: 1905

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noun ty·ran·no·sau·rus \tə-ˌra-nə-ˈsȯr-əs, tī-\

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