dino

noun

di·​no ˈdī-(ˌ)nō How to pronounce dino (audio)
plural dinos

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Some of the dino designs bring back that old monster-movie vibe, but the film barely uses them. James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025 London took cover from some signature Jurassic World dinos Tuesday night as the cast of Gareth Edwards‘ Rebirth ushered in a brand new installment. Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2025 The dino fossils, two partial skeletons found in Gobi Desert in Mongolia in the 1970s, were recently reanalyzed after Jared Voris, a Ph.D student in the Department of Earth Energy and Environment at the University of Calgary, noticed them during a trip to Mongolia in 2023. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 11 June 2025 Universal has released a second trailer for the upcoming dino action film starring Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali and Jonathan Bailey, which marks the seventh entry in the prehistoric franchise. Lauren Coates, Variety, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for dino

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of dino was in 1936

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“Dino.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dino. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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