Albertosaurus

noun

Al·​ber·​to·​saur·​us al-ˌbər-tə-ˈsȯr-əs 

: a genus of large, carnivorous tyrannosaurid dinosaurs of the late Cretaceous known especially from fossils found in western North America

Similarly, the heaviest Cretaceous tyrannosaurs, including Albertosaurus and the larger, 16,000-pound Tyrannosaurus rex, have, relatively speaking, some of the shortest forelimbs of any theropods.

—Allison V. Andors, Natural History, June 1995

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin, from Alberta, province of Canada + New Latin -o- -o- + -saurus -saurus

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined above

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