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tyrannosaurid

noun
ty·​ran·​no·​sau·​rid | \ tə-ˌra-nə-ˈsȯr-əd How to pronounce tyrannosaurid (audio) , (ˌ)tī-\

Definition of tyrannosaurid

: any of a family (Tyrannosauridae) of large bipedal carnivorous theropod dinosaurs of the Late Cretaceous in North America and central and eastern Asia having forelegs reduced in size and including the tyrannosaur

Examples of tyrannosaurid in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 Face biting on a juvenile tyrannosaurid and behavioural implications. — Darren Naish, Scientific American Blog Network, "The Sensitive Face of a Big Predatory Dinosaur," 16 June 2017

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First Known Use of tyrannosaurid

1966, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for tyrannosaurid

New Latin Tyrannosauridae, from Tyrannosaurus

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