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gorgosaurus

gorgosaurus noun: a tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur of the genus Gorgosaurus that lived in western North America during the Late Cretaceous Period (Campanian), between about 76.6 and 75.1 million years ago.

gorgosaurus: a tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur of the genus Gorgosaurus that lived in western North America...
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Noun

gorgosaurus (plural gorgosauruses or gorgosauri)

  1. A tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur of the genus Gorgosaurus that lived in western North America during the Late Cretaceous Period (Campanian), between about 76.6 and 75.1 million years ago.
    • No. 1 is in the Stone age, the time when man went around dressed in a bearskin and threw rocks at prehistoric monsters called Ankylosauri, Gorgosauri or Triceratops.1930 April 22, Murray, “Ruth Throughout the Ages”, in The Evening Star, number 31,402, Washington, D.C., page C—1, columns 3–4
    • The Gorgosaurus is notable for its ability to maintain a high speed chase for some distance, unlike the Tyrannosaurus or Allosaurus. Also, it can bound for its full length in an attack leap! Like Allosaurus, Gorgosaurus is terribly jealous of its territory, but it will permit a female to range in...1979, Wes Ives, Edward E. Simbalist, Saurians (Chivalry & Sorcery), Jericho, N.Y.: Fantasy Games Unlimited; republished in Red Book, 5th edition, 2013, page 59, column 1

Examples of gorgosaurus in a sentence

  • The Gorgosaurus is notable for its ability to maintain a high speed chase for some distance, unlike the Tyrannosaurus or Allosaurus.1979, Wes Ives, Edward E. Simbalist, Saurians (Chivalry & Sorcery), Jericho, N.Y.: Fantasy Games Unlimited; republished in Red Book, 5th...
  • Mention of dinosaurs, pterodactyls and gorgosauruses in particular, recurs in the Tenth and Eleventh Cantos as part of his geological imagery (CN, 45-55).1987, Valerie Broege, “Puer Country: Imaging Canada and Its American Shadow”, in Spring: An Annual of Archetypal Psychology and Jungian...
  • The water also served as a refuge from the giant meat-eating gorgosauruses that preyed on them.1995, The Beauty and Splendor of North America: Scenic Treasures of Canada and the USA, Montreal, Que.: The Reader’s Digest Association...
  • In 1997, the amateur fossil hunters Cliff and Sandy Linster, digging near Chorteau, Montana, unearthed the skeleton of a dinosaur – a 72-million-year-old female gorgosaurus.2009, Charles Foster, “Who’s Right? Evidence and the Lack of It”, in The Selfless Gene: Living with God and Darwin, London: Hodder &...

Forms of gorgosaurus

pluralgorgosauruses
pluralgorgosauri

Origin of gorgosaurus

From the genus name, Gorgosaurus, from Ancient Greek γοργός (gorgós, “grim, fierce, terrible”) + -saurus (suffix forming genus names of dinosaurs).

Questions about gorgosaurus

What does gorgosaurus mean?
Gorgosaurus means a tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur of the genus Gorgosaurus that lived in western North America during the Late Cretaceous Period (Campanian), between about 76.6 and 75.1 million years ago.
How do you use gorgosaurus in a sentence?
The Gorgosaurus is notable for its ability to maintain a high speed chase for some distance, unlike the Tyrannosaurus or Allosaurus.
What part of speech is gorgosaurus?
Gorgosaurus is a noun.
What is the plural of gorgosaurus?
The plural of gorgosaurus is gorgosauruses.

Words near gorgosaurus in the dictionary

  1. gorgonopsids
  2. gorgons
  3. gorgonzola
  4. gorgonzolas
  5. gorgosauri
  6. gorgosaurus
  7. gorgosauruses
  8. Gorgota
  9. Gorham
  10. Gorham's disease
  11. Gorhams

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