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Tyrannus (disambiguation)

Tyrannus is a genus of large insect-eating birds, commonly known as kingbirds.

  • The suffix "-tyrannus" has often been used to describe other animals

Tyrannus may also refer to:

  • Tyrannus, an owner of a lecture hall at Ephesus, mentioned in the biblical Acts of the Apostles (19:9)
  • Tyrannus (comics), a fictional character who is a supervillain in Marvel Comics' The Incredible Hulk
  • Tyrannus, a fictitious gladiator in the 2005 TV series Empire
  • Tyrannus, a son of Pterelaus, king of the Taphians, in Greek mythology
  • Tyrannus, a 5th-century bishop of Germanicopolis in Isauria, Asia Minor
  • Darth Tyranus, a Sith Lord and a former Jedi in the prequel Star Wars trilogies, better known as Count Dooku
Tyrannus (comics)

Tyrannus (real name Romulus Augustulus) is an immortal supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Usage examples of "tyrannus".

The worn page opened of itself at the play of the OEdipus Tyrannus, and Owen dwelt with the craving disease upon the prophecy so nearly resembling that which concerned himself.

For there is a great difference in this respect between the Oedipus Tyrannus or Great Expectations on the one hand and Middlemarch or War and Peace on the other.