Etymology

tyrannosaur

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Today it means: Any large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, of the family Tyrannosauridae, that lived in North America during the Cretaceous period. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros)
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  1. Ancient Greekτύραννος (túrannos)
  2. Ancient Greekσαύρα (saúra)
  3. Ancient Greekσαῦρος (saûros)
  4. English todaytyrannosaur

Borrowed from translingual Tyrannosaurus. Doublet of tyrannosaurus

Words from the same roots

translingualTyrannosaurus all →

tyrannosaurus

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