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dinosaur

[dahy-nuh-sawr]

noun

  1. any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.

  2. something that is unwieldy in size, anachronistically outmoded, or unable to adapt to change.

    The old steel mill was a dinosaur that cost the company millions to operate.



dinosaur

/ ˈ岹ɪəˌɔː /

noun

  1. any extinct terrestrial reptile of the orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, many of which were of gigantic size and abundant in the Mesozoic era See also saurischian ornithischian Compare pterosaur plesiosaur

  2. a person or thing that is considered to be out of date

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dinosaur1

< New Latin Dinosaurus (1841), originally a genus name. See dino-, -saur
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dinosaur1

C19: from New Latin dinosaurus, from Greek deinos fearful + sauros lizard
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Preview the return of dinosaurs, Dexter and Lena Dunham to TV.

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Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur - in the collection of a Mongolian museum - that they say "rewrites" the evolutionary history of tyrannosaurs.

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Further out, the oil fields of Kern County are like dinosaur relics — scabs on the surface of the earth.

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Stating the obvious a bit... but there was no shortage of dinosaurs in the first full trailer for Jurassic World Evolution 3.

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As it turns out, the only living descendants of the dinosaurs also seem to combine in complex ways to produce an array of meanings.

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