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dinosaur en · NOUN

Pronunciation

(Southern-England) audio
/ˈdʌɪnəsɔːɹ/ Canada, idle-idol split
/ˈdaɪnəsoɹ/ (US)
/ˈdaɪnəsɔː(ɹ)/ (UK)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “terrible, awesome, mighty, fearfully great”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard, reptile”). Coined as Dinosaur(s) and Dinosauria by paleontologist Richard Owen in 1841/1842.

Meanings

(usually) Those animals of the clade Dinosauria that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct.
- Despite what some cartoons portray, no humans were around when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
(qualifier:less often but also correctly) Any of the animals belonging to the clade Dinosauria, including its sole surviving lineage: Neornithes.
- Many people love their backyard birds, but some of us may not realize that those feathery friends are also literally dinosaurs, in a biologically accurate sense of that word.
(broadly, informal, proscribed) Any extinct reptile, not necessarily belonging to Dinosauria, that existed between about 230 million and 65 million years ago, as well as the stem-mammal Dimetrodon.
- "Not a bird, my dear Roxton - not a bird." "A beast?" "No; a reptile - a dinosaur." 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- ‘Dinosaur!’ Denham exploded. ‘By the Power! A dinosaur!’ 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 80:
- Pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, icthyosaurs — I don't know, they're all dinosaurs to me!
(colloquial, figuratively) Someone or something that is very old or old-fashioned, especially someone who is not willing to change and adapt.
- She may be a tough old bird, but it's a mistake to write her off as a dinosaur; you do so at your own risk.
- [The OS/360 linkage editor] is the culmination of years of development of static overlay technique. Yet it is also the last and finest of the dinosaurs, for it belongs to a system in which multiprogramming is the normal mode and dynamic core allocation the basic assumption. 1975, Frederick P. Brooks Jr., The Mythical Man-Month, published 1995:
- The sign in the window said for sale or trade on the last remaining dinosaur Detroit made. 1999, Ron Harbin, Aaron Barker, Anthony L. Smith, “What About Now”, performed by Lonestar:
(colloquial, figuratively) Anything no longer in common use or practice.
- I couldn't believe it when I saw the equipment that they were still using. Those machines were all dinosaurs, but they were busily cranking out production.

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Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
Dinosaur		alternative	lexicographic
dinosaurus		alternative	lexicographic
deinosaur		alternative, archaic	lexicographic
dinosaurs	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (135)

ms denosor (prehistoric reptile) · hi डायनोसोर (prehistoric reptile) · es dinosaurio (prehistoric reptile) · mn динозавр (prehistoric reptile) · syl ꠒꠣꠁꠘꠧꠍꠞ (prehistoric reptile) · km ឌីណូស័រ (prehistoric reptile) · syl ꠜꠤꠝꠡꠞꠐ (prehistoric reptile) · oc dinosaure (prehistoric reptile) · bn ডাইনোসর (prehistoric reptile) · sh диносаурус (prehistoric reptile) · ta தொன்மா (prehistoric reptile) · lt dinozauras (prehistoric reptile) · mi mokonui (prehistoric reptile) · fi muinaisjäänne (old-fashioned person or thing) · bn ডায়নোসর (prehistoric reptile) · mk диноса́урус (prehistoric reptile) · fr dinosaure (prehistoric reptile) · tl bayawak-kilabot (prehistoric reptile) · ro dinozaur (prehistoric reptile) · de Dinosaurus (prehistoric reptile) · mn үлэг гүрвэл (prehistoric reptile) · syl ꠒꠣꠁꠘꠣꠍꠞ (prehistoric reptile) · fa دایناسور (prehistoric reptile) · ar دِينَاصَوْر (prehistoric reptile) · sm tainasoa (prehistoric reptile) · sv dinosaurie (prehistoric reptile) · mn ᠠᠪᠤᠷᠭᠤ ᠭᠦᠷᠪᠡᠯ (prehistoric reptile) · yue 恐龍 /恐龙 (prehistoric reptile) · tr dinozor (prehistoric reptile) · tk dinozawr (prehistoric reptile) · da dinosaurus (prehistoric reptile) · io dinosauro (prehistoric reptile) · lo ໄດໂນເສົາ (prehistoric reptile) · uk диноза́вр (prehistoric reptile) · lv dinozaurs (prehistoric reptile) · tl dinosawriyo (prehistoric reptile) · it dinosauro (prehistoric reptile) · th ไดโนเสาร์ (prehistoric reptile) · sk dinosaurus (prehistoric reptile) · ko 공룡 (prehistoric reptile) · bn দিনোসাউর (prehistoric reptile) · id dinosaurus (prehistoric reptile) · cmn 恐龍 /恐龙 (prehistoric reptile) · de Saurier (prehistoric reptile) · fr dinosaure (old-fashioned person or thing) · as দিন’চাউৰ (prehistoric reptile) · gd dìneasar (prehistoric reptile) · ms dinosaur (prehistoric reptile) · nv naayééʼ (prehistoric reptile) · tt динозавр (prehistoric reptile) · syl ꠖꠤꠘꠧꠍꠣꠃꠞ (prehistoric reptile) · ast dinosauriu (prehistoric reptile) · cs dinosaurus (prehistoric reptile) · be дыназа́ўр (prehistoric reptile) · eu dinosauro (prehistoric reptile) · cmn 落伍的事物 (old-fashioned person or thing) · mi mokotuauri (prehistoric reptile) · as ডাইন’চৰ (prehistoric reptile) · te రాక్షస బల్లి (prehistoric reptile) · syl ꠒꠣꠄꠘꠧꠍꠞ (prehistoric reptile) · hu dinoszaurusz (prehistoric reptile) · ur دینوساؤر (prehistoric reptile) · sh dinosaur (prehistoric reptile) · ky динозавр (prehistoric reptile) · hi भीमसरट (prehistoric reptile) · ta டைனோசர் (prehistoric reptile) · sq dinozaur (prehistoric reptile) · my ဒိုင်နိုဆော (prehistoric reptile) · mn ᠦᠯᠭᠡ ᠭᠦᠷᠪᠡᠯ (prehistoric reptile) · pt dinossauro (prehistoric reptile) · kw arghpedrevan (prehistoric reptile) · gu ભીમસરટ (prehistoric reptile) · ps ډانگسر (prehistoric reptile) · sv skräcködla (prehistoric reptile) · ca dinosaure (prehistoric reptile) · fi hirmulisko (prehistoric reptile) · fi dinosaurus (prehistoric reptile) · iu ᐆᒪᔪᕕᓂᑐᖃᐅᔮᓗᐃᑦ (prehistoric reptile) · az dinozavr (prehistoric reptile) · bn ভীমসরট (prehistoric reptile) · no dinosaurus (prehistoric reptile) · la dinosaurus (prehistoric reptile) · kk динозавр (prehistoric reptile) · hi दीनोसाउर (prehistoric reptile) · tl dinosawro (prehistoric reptile) · ur ڈایناسور (prehistoric reptile) · ru диноза́вр (prehistoric reptile) · mn аврага гүрвэл (prehistoric reptile) · pl dinozaur (old-fashioned person or thing) · nl dinosaurus (prehistoric reptile) · aii ܕܝܼܢܵܨܵܘܪܵܐ (prehistoric reptile) · ka დინოზავრი (prehistoric reptile) · vo dinosaur (prehistoric reptile) · gv jeeneysoar (prehistoric reptile) · haw nalala (prehistoric reptile) · eo dinosaŭro (prehistoric reptile) · no dinosaur (prehistoric reptile) · mi mokouki (prehistoric reptile) · pa ਡਾਈਨੋਸੌਰ (prehistoric reptile) · hi डाइनोसर (prehistoric reptile) · fi fossiili (old-fashioned person or thing) · ga dineasár (prehistoric reptile) · tl daynosor (prehistoric reptile) · kmr dînozor (prehistoric reptile) · sh диносаур (prehistoric reptile) · uz dinozavr (prehistoric reptile) · fj dainasoa (prehistoric reptile) · hi डाइनोसोर (prehistoric reptile) · gl dinosauro (prehistoric reptile) · de Dino (prehistoric reptile) · tg динозавр (prehistoric reptile) · ja 恐竜 (prehistoric reptile) · el δεινόσαυρος (prehistoric reptile) · de Dinosaurier (prehistoric reptile) · mn ᠋ᠳ᠋ᠢᠨᠣᠽᠠᠧᠷ (prehistoric reptile) · ne डायनोसर (prehistoric reptile) · as ভীমসৰট (prehistoric reptile) · et dinosaurus (prehistoric reptile) · he דִּינוֹזָאוּר (prehistoric reptile) · cy deinosor (prehistoric reptile) · gd daidhneasar (prehistoric reptile) · nrf dinnosaure (prehistoric reptile) · cmn 落伍的人 (old-fashioned person or thing) · is risaeðla (prehistoric reptile) · pl dinozaur (prehistoric reptile) · ug دىنوزاۋر (prehistoric reptile) · vi khủng long (prehistoric reptile) · ur بھیمسرٹ (prehistoric reptile) · sl dinozaver (prehistoric reptile) · sh dinosaurus (prehistoric reptile) · sk veľjašter (prehistoric reptile) · hy դինոզավր (prehistoric reptile) · hi डायनासोर (prehistoric reptile) · yi דינאָזאַווער (prehistoric reptile) · bg диноза́вър (prehistoric reptile)

wikipedia: Richard Owen · wikidata: Q430

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