dinosaur
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- noun
- /ˈdaɪnəˌsɔr/
- This is the Earth at a time... when the dinosaurs roamed a lush and fertile planet.
- dinosaurs lived
- dinosaur bones
- extinction of the dinosaurs
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Watch on YouTubeFirst 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 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
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A prehistoric animal like Tyrannosaurus or Triceratops that was not a bird
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A very large plant-eating dinosaur with a small head, long neck and long tail
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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 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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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.