English > Tyrannosaurus rex: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America. |
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Synonyms | tyrannosaur, tyrannosaurus |
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Member of | genus Tyrannosaurus | Includes a single species |
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Broader | theropod, theropod dinosaur, bird-footed dinosaur | Any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs |
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Spanish | tiranosaurio, tiranosauro, tyrannosaurus, tyrannosaurus rex, Tyrannosaurus rex |
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Catalan | tiranosaure, tyrannosaurus rex, Tyrannosaurus rex |
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