Tyrannosaurus rex


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Noun1.Tyrannosaurus rex - large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrationsTyrannosaurus rex - 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
bird-footed dinosaur, theropod, theropod dinosaur - any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs
genus Tyrannosaurus - includes a single species
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Tyrannosaurus Rex
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The fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex, 20ft tall, 40ft long and weighing seven tons, was one of the biggest carnivores ever to have lived.
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IF tyrannosaurus rex were still alive, it would not be able to hear a human screaming, new research has found.