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# tyrannosaurus

noun (a tyrannosaurus, tyrannosauruses or tyrannosauri; Tyrannosaurus as a name)

«tyrannosaurus» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A huge meat-eating dinosaur that walked on two strong back legs and had tiny front arms and very large teeth. Its full name is Tyrannosaurus rex, often called T. rex. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyrannosaurus/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science and history of life lessons, T. rex is one of the best-known dinosaurs and lived long ago, before people. Its name means «tyrant lizard king». In stories and museums it is the classic fierce dinosaur. Phrases: Tyrannosaurus rex, T. rex.

### Examples

- The tyrannosaurus had teeth as big as bananas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyrannosaurus/#x1)
- We saw a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton in the museum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyrannosaurus/#x2)
- T. rex had very short arms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyrannosaurus/#x3)
- The tyrannosaurus was a meat eater. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyrannosaurus/#x4)
- My brother's favourite dinosaur is the tyrannosaurus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyrannosaurus/#x5)
- A tyrannosaurus could be about 12 metres long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyrannosaurus/#x6)

### Note

Scientific name Tyrannosaurus rex, written with a capital T and in italics in books. Dinosaurs and people never lived at the same time — a common myth in films.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tyrannosaurus» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyrannosaurus/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tyrannosaurus» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tyrannosaurus.html) on Mova free.