Gorgosaurus
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Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γοργός (gorgós, “grim, fierce, terrible”) + -saurus (suffix forming genus names of dinosaurs).
Proper noun
†Gorgosaurus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Tyrannosauridae.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Eureptilia, Romeriida – clades; Diapsida – subclass; Archosauromorpha – infraclass; Archosauria – division; Ornithodira – subsection; Dinosauria – superorder; Saurischia – order; Eusaurischia – taxon; Theropoda – suborder; Tetanurae – infraorder; Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria – taxa; †Tyrannosauroidea – superfamily; Tyrannosauridae – family; Albertosaurinae - subfamily