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Topic: ANIMALS

Date: 1900-2000
Language: Modern Latin
Origin: Greek tyrannos ( TYRANT) + sauros 'lizard'

tyrannosaurus

 noun
     
ty‧ran‧no‧sau‧rus also tyrannosaurus rex [countable]
HBA a very large flesh-eating dinosaur
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