Illustration of rex
rex
1 of 2noun
ˈreks 
plural rexes or rex
: an animal (such as a domestic rabbit or cat) showing a genetic recessive variation in which the guard hairs are very short, sparse, or entirely lacking compare cornish rex, devon rex
rex
2 of 2Latin noun
ˈreks
: king
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Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 28 July 2022 Meraxes had short arms and a huge skull, similar to the Tyrannosaurus rex. Wyatte Grantham-philips, USA TODAY, 8 July 2022 The Gorgosaurus walked the earth roughly 77 million years ago, about 10 million years before its more famous relative, the Tyrannosaurus rex. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 July 2022 As the largest Triceratops specimen ever discovered (the skull alone measures more than five feet long), Big John was sold to an anonymous bidder last October for $7.7 million — the highest price ever for a non-Tyrannosaurus rex fossil. New York Times, 7 Apr. 2022 Sixty-six million years ago, one of the most famous creatures in history roamed Earth: the Tyrannosaurus rex. Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 2022 In Dominion, which opened last weekend to No.1, a Therizinosaurus and a Tyrannosaurus rex team up to kill the ultimate bad dino, a Giganotosaurus. Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 June 2022 If Spielberg could bring a Tyrannosaurus rex back from extinction… what else was possible? Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 9 June 2022 That list includes a Tyrannosaurus rex swimming with its young frantically paddling to keep up, or the competition among male Barbaridactylus pterosaurs to win a mate. Brian Lowry, CNN, 23 May 2022 See More
Noun
Interspersed amid this whimsical woodland are several large-scale dinosaur statues, including a Tyrannosaurus rex and a triceratops. Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 28 July 2022 Meraxes had short arms and a huge skull, similar to the Tyrannosaurus rex. Wyatte Grantham-philips, USA TODAY, 8 July 2022 The Gorgosaurus walked the earth roughly 77 million years ago, about 10 million years before its more famous relative, the Tyrannosaurus rex. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 July 2022 As the largest Triceratops specimen ever discovered (the skull alone measures more than five feet long), Big John was sold to an anonymous bidder last October for $7.7 million — the highest price ever for a non-Tyrannosaurus rex fossil. New York Times, 7 Apr. 2022 Sixty-six million years ago, one of the most famous creatures in history roamed Earth: the Tyrannosaurus rex. Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 2022 In Dominion, which opened last weekend to No.1, a Therizinosaurus and a Tyrannosaurus rex team up to kill the ultimate bad dino, a Giganotosaurus. Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 June 2022 If Spielberg could bring a Tyrannosaurus rex back from extinction… what else was possible? Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 9 June 2022 That list includes a Tyrannosaurus rex swimming with its young frantically paddling to keep up, or the competition among male Barbaridactylus pterosaurs to win a mate. Brian Lowry, CNN, 23 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
modification of French castorrex, castorex, a variety of rabbit, perhaps from Latin castor beaver + rex king — more at castor, royal
First Known Use
Noun
1920, in the meaning defined above