Warm and Fuzzy? Discovery challenges the T-rex image

Maria S.
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  1. blend
    mix together different elements
    Its name is a blend of Latin and Mandarin, which translates to "beautiful feathered tyrant."
  2. camouflage
    an outward semblance misrepresenting the nature of something
    Instead, the dino-fuzz likely provided insulation, though camouflage or showing it off like a peacock could not be ruled out.
  3. conceive
    have the idea for
    Whatever the coverage of feathers, the latest fossil finds "force us to conceive of tyrannosauroids in a new way," said Julia Clarke at the University of Texas at Austin.
  4. cuddly
    inviting cuddling or hugging
  5. curator
    the custodian of a collection, as a museum or library
    Matthew Lamanna, assistant curator at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, said T-Rex most likely was covered in both feathers and scales.
  6. depict
    show in, or as in, a picture
  7. depicted
    represented graphically by sketch or design or lines
    With a killer jaw and sharp claws, T-Rex has long been depicted in movies and popular culture as having scaly skin.
  8. down
    soft fine feathers
    also soft fine dense hair
  9. excavate
    find by digging in the ground
  10. fluffy
    like down or as soft as down
    The fossil record preserved remains of fluffy down, making it the largest feathered dinosaur ever found.
  11. fossil
    the remains of a plant or animal from a past geological age
    The fossil record preserved remains of fluffy down, making it the largest feathered dinosaur ever found.
  12. fuzz
    filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
  13. insulation
    reduction of the transmission of sound, heat, or electricity
  14. menacing
    threatening evil or danger
    The predatory dinosaur would have been just as menacing.
  15. newfound
    newly discovered
  16. patchy
    irregular or uneven in quality, texture, etc.
  17. predatory
    living by preying on other animals
    The predatory dinosaur would have been just as menacing.
  18. quarry
    animal hunted or caught for food
    A team of Chinese and Canadian scientists analyzed three well-preserved fossil skeletons -- an adult and two juveniles -- recovered from a quarry in China's Liaoning province by a private fossil dealer.
  19. quarry
    a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
  20. scale
    a rigid plate forming part of the body covering of animals
  21. shaggy
    having long, thick, and poorly groomed hair or fur
  22. sport
    wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
  23. striking
    having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
  24. trend
    a general tendency to change, as of opinion
    Scientists said the evidence is trending in that direction.
  25. unearth
    recover through digging
    The evidence comes from the unearthing of a new tyrannosaur species in northeastern China that lived 60 million years before T-Rex.
Created on Thu Apr 05 01:56:34 EDT 2012 (updated Thu Apr 05 14:58:09 EDT 2012)

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