English Explanatory Dictionary

dinosauroid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hypothetical descendant of troodontid dinosaurs with human-like intelligence and physiology.

Word forms

dinosauroid dinosauroids

Etymology

Blend of dinosaur + humanoid, coined by American-Canadian paleontologist Dale Russell in 1982.

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