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dino en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdaɪnoʊ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈdiːnəʊ/ (UK)

Etymology

Clipping of dinosaur.

Meanings

  1. (informal) A dinosaur (type of animal).
    • So far, Druckenmiller and his team have dug up species from seven different dino families: from big duck-billed dinos, ceretopsians, and tyrannosaurs to smaller thescelosaurs, leptoceratops, dromaeosaurs, and troodontids. 2021 September 21, Karen Hopkin, “Dinosaurs Lived—and Made Little Dinos—in the Arctic”, in Scientific American:
    • So whereas attempts to single out a dino killer may have failed, for now, they do point to a conspiracy of culprits. 2019 February 21, Howard Lee, “The Real Dino Killer: A One–Two Punch”, in Scientific American:
  2. (slang) A long-time participant in a multi-user dungeon.

Forms

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Deriveds

dino juice · dinomania · dinomaniac · dinophilia · dino oil · dinolike · dinophile

Hypernyms

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