dinosaur
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- noun
- /ˈdaɪnəˌsɔr/
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dinosaurio
- This is the Earth at a time... when the dinosaurs roamed a lush and fertile planet.
- dinosaurs lived
- dinosaur bones
- extinction of the dinosaurs
First plants, then dinosaurs, then fruits and dogs.
- First plants, then dinosaurs, then fruits and dogs.
- And they also say that dinosaurs had the same DNA as reptiles.
- Rest in peace our dear friend, our dinosaur robo Raptor mini.
- So I didn't go for the dinosaur post it notes.
Examples
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The largest carnivorous dinosaur was the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
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The museum displayed a fossil of a giant dinosaur that lived millions of years ago.
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Why does this dinosaur look like that?
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I look like that dinosaur from a land before time.
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OK, that is cool, but what dinosaur am I looking at right now?
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Professor Grant had found most of the dinosaur eggs that had ever been discovered.
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Name a type of dinosaur that was herbivorous.
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Oh, well, what about the dinosaurs?
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The dinosaurs ruled our planet for millions of years, and yet they died out almost overnight.
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Ellie said, "You can't reproduce a real dinosaur because you can't get real dinosaur DNA."
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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A short informal word for a dinosaur that children use
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A prehistoric animal like Tyrannosaurus or Triceratops that was not a bird
Idioms
Compounds
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A dinosaur that eats meat and has short front legs and strong back legs for running
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A prehistoric animal like Tyrannosaurus or Triceratops that was not a bird
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A meat-eating dinosaur with short front legs and strong back legs for running
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A kind of animal that includes modern birds and older bird-like animals
A four-legged plant-eating dinosaur with a beak, horns, and a frill like Triceratops
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A dinosaur with hip bones like a crocodile, including plant-eaters and meat-eaters
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A very large plant-eating dinosaur with a small head, long neck and long tail
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dinosaur comes from the Greek parts deinos and sauros, which mean 'terrible' and 'lizard'. So the name is like 'terrible lizard', a handy image to remember that dinosaurs were large reptiles that lived long ago.