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dinosaur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Those animals of the clade Dinosauria that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct; that is, any member of the clade Dinosauria other than birds.
  2. Any of the animals belonging to the clade Dinosauria, including all non-avian dinosaurs (all extinct) and all birds (extant or extinct).
  3. Any extinct reptile, not necessarily belonging to Dinosauria, that existed between about 230 million and 65 million years ago, as well as the stem-mammal Dimetrodon.
  4. Someone or something that is very old or old-fashioned, especially someone who is not willing to change and adapt.
  5. Anything no longer in common use or practice.

Pronunciation

/ˈdaɪnəsɔː(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dinosaur.wav /ˈdaɪnəsoɹ/ /ˈdʌɪnəsɔːɹ/ /ɖajˈnosə(r)/ /ˈɖajnɵsɔ(r)/

Word forms

dinosaur dinosaurs deinosaur dinosaurus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “terrible, awesome, mighty, fearfully great”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard, reptile”). Coined as Dinosaur(s) and Dinosauria by paleontologist Richard Owen in 1841/1842.

Synonyms

dinosaur non-avian dinosaur fossil old fart fuddy-duddy

Related words

:Category:Dinosaurs

Derived words

avian dinosaur dinosaur-burner dinosauresque dinosaur hunter dinosaurian dinosauric dinosaurish dinosaur juice dinosaur kale dinosaurlike dinosauroid dinosaur oil dinosaurologist dinosaurology dinosaur plant duck-billed dinosaur Milo dinosaur non-avian dinosaur nondinosaur ostrich dinosaur pedosaur pinosaur -saur

Translations

Albanian: dinozaur Arabic: دِينَاصَوْر Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܝܼܢܵܨܵܘܪܵܐ Armenian: դինոզավր Assamese: ডাইন’চৰ Assamese: দিন’চাউৰ Assamese: ভীমসৰট Asturian: dinosauriu Azerbaijani: dinozavr Basque: dinosauro Belarusian: дыназа́ўр Bengali: ডাইনোসর Bengali: ডায়নোসর Bengali: দিনোসাউর Bengali: ভীমসরট Bulgarian: диноза́вър Burmese: ဒိုင်နိုဆော Catalan: dinosaure Chinese Cantonese: 恐龍 /恐龙 Chinese Mandarin: 恐龍 /恐龙 Cornish: arghpedrevan Czech: dinosaurus Danish: dinosaurus Dutch: dinosaurus Esperanto: dinosaŭro Estonian: dinosaurus Fijian: dainasoa Finnish: dinosaurus Finnish: hirmulisko French: dinosaure Galician: dinosauro Georgian: დინოზავრი German: Dinosaurier German: Dinosaurus German: Dino German: Saurier Greek: δεινόσαυρος Gujarati: ભીમસરટ Hawaiian: nalala Hebrew: דִּינוֹזָאוּר Hebrew: דינוזאור Hindi: डायनासोर Hindi: डायनोसोर Hindi: डाइनोसोर Hindi: डाइनोसर Hindi: दीनोसाउर Hindi: भीमसरट Hungarian: dinoszaurusz Icelandic: risaeðla Ido: dinosauro Indonesian: dinosaurus Inuktitut: ᐆᒪᔪᕕᓂᑐᖃᐅᔮᓗᐃᑦ Irish: dineasár Italian: dinosauro Japanese: 恐竜
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