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Definitions for Dinosaur
[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.
[3] 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
[4] a person or thing that is considered to be out of date
Words related to Dinosaur
antiquated, archaic, outmoded, out-of-date, obsolete, antique, bent, tired, superseded, dated, superannuated, out, outworn, fossilized, ancient, antediluvian, bygone, dead, discarded, dusty
Words nearby Dinosaur
dinnertime, dinnerware, dino-, dinoceras, dinoflagellate, dinosaur, dinosaur national monument, dinosaurian, dinosaurs, dinothere, dinotherium
Origin of Dinosaur
< New Latin Dinosaurus (1841), originally a genus name. See dino-, -saur
Word origin for Dinosaur
C19: from New Latin dinosaurus, from Greek deinos fearful + sauros lizard
Synonyms for Dinosaur
antiquated, archaic, out-of-date, outmoded, anachronistic, ancient, antediluvian, antique, bygone, dated, dead, dead and gone, discarded, disused, done for, dusty, extinct, fossil, gone, had it, has-been, horse and buggy, kaput, moldy, moth-eaten, old, old-fashioned, old-hat, old-school, out, out-of-fashion, outworn, passé, stale, superannuated, superseded, timeworn, unfashionable