"Tyrannosaurus rex" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /taɪˌɹænəˈsɔːɹəs ˈɹɛks/, /təˌɹænəˈsɔːɹəs ˈɹɛks/ Forms: Tyrannosaurus rex [plural], Tyrannosaurus rexes [plural], Tyrannosauri reges [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|Tyrannosaurus rex|+|Tyrannosauri reges|head=Tyrannosaurus rex}} Tyrannosaurus rex (plural Tyrannosaurus rex or Tyrannosaurus rexes or Tyrannosauri reges)
  1. A giant carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous period. Categories (topical): Paleontology Categories (lifeform): Theropods Synonyms: T.-Rex, T. Rex, T.-rex, T. rex, T-Rex, T-rex, Tyrannosaurus Rex, tyrannosaurus rex Related terms: Nanotyrannus, nanotyrannus Translations (dinosaur): 暴龍 (Chinese Mandarin), 暴龙 (bàolóng) (Chinese Mandarin), 霸王龍 (Chinese Mandarin), 霸王龙 (bàwánglóng) (Chinese Mandarin), 雷克斯暴龍 (Chinese Mandarin), 雷克斯暴龙 (léikèsī bàolóng) (Chinese Mandarin), türannosaurus (Estonian), tyrannosaurus rex (Finnish), tyrannosaure [masculine] (French), Tyrannosaurus rex [masculine] (French), Tyrannosaurus Rex [masculine] (German), ティラノサウルス (tiranosaurusu) (Japanese), チラノサウルス (chiranosaurusu) (Japanese), タイラノサウルス (tairanosaurusu) (Japanese), ティラノサウルス·レックス (tiranosaurusu-rekkusu) (Japanese), 티라노사우루스 (tiranosauruseu) (Korean), 티라노사우루스 렉스 (tiranosauruseu rekseu) (Korean), tyranozaur [masculine] (Polish), тираноза́вр (tiranozávr) [masculine] (Russian), тираноза́вр-рекс (tiranozávr-rɛks) [masculine] (Russian), tyrannosaurus rex [common-gender] (Swedish), T-rex (Swedish)

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