dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/rex_MW.json
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{
"rex":{
"type":[
"Latin noun",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": 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 \u2014 compare cornish rex , devon rex":[],
": king":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8reks"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Sixty-six million years ago, one of the most famous creatures in history roamed Earth: the Tyrannosaurus rex . \u2014 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. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 June 2022",
"If Spielberg could bring a Tyrannosaurus rex back from extinction\u2026 what else was possible",
"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. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 23 May 2022",
"The 1993 original takes 45 minutes to build up to its Tyrannosaurus rex reveal. \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 23 May 2022",
"The auction house has mixed ancient bones with art before, selling a Tyrannosaurus rex nicknamed Stan for a record $31.8 million in 2020. \u2014 Joseph Pisani, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"The show, set to the movie\u2019s iconic score, features more than two dozen film-accurate, life-size, realistic-looking animatronic dinosaurs including fan-favorite Velociraptor Blue and a 40-foot Tyrannosaurus rex . \u2014 cleveland , 19 Apr. 2022",
"That icon could now be under threat, though, as a controversial new paper on the Tyrannosaurs rex should actually be broken down into three different species. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 3 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"modification of French castorrex, castorex , a variety of rabbit, perhaps from Latin castor beaver + rex king \u2014 more at castor , royal":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1920, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214608"
},
"rex sole":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a flounder ( Errex zachirus synonym Glyptocephalus zachirus ) with both eyes on the right side that is an important food fish occurring from the Bering Sea to Baja California":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Particularly good choices are gray sole, lemon sole, winter flounder and yellowtail flounder on the US East Coast; and petrale sole, rex sole and rock sole on the West Coast. \u2014 Janelle Davis, CNN , 25 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably modification of New Latin Errex genus name":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1954, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225612"
},
"rex begonia":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of various rhizomatous begonias derived from an East Indian species ( Begonia rex ) and having variegated heavily-veined rough-textured leaves, thick hairy stems, and usually insignificant flowers":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000624"
}
}