rex : Idioms & Phrases
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balaeniceps rex
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noun large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe
shoebird; shoebill.
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begonia rex
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noun any of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowers
Begonia rex; king begonia; painted-leaf begonia; beefsteak geranium.
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oedipus rex
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noun (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles
Oedipus; King Oedipus.
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rex begonia
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noun any of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowers
Begonia rex; king begonia; painted-leaf begonia; beefsteak geranium.
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rex harrison
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noun English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990)
Reginald Carey Harrison; Rex Harrison; Harrison.
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sir rex harrison
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noun English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990)
Reginald Carey Harrison; Rex Harrison; Harrison.
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To play rex
- to play the king; to domineer. Obs.
Webster 1913
tyrannosaurus rex
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noun large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America
tyrannosaurus; tyrannosaur.