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The bubble Lindsey Adelman chandelier and abstract artwork (not to mention the errant dino toy) keep the scheme from veering stuffy.
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Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 15 Mar. 2023
The new dino also has unusual forelimbs: The long bones are flattened, suggesting a flipper-like appearance and function not unlike a penguin's upper limbs.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2017
Aspects of the discovered dino remain puzzling to researchers -- like why its small arms and chest muscles were so well developed if they weren't actually used for hunting.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 9 July 2022
In the case of the dino, the actors sync their movements by breathing.
—Vulture, 3 May 2022
Researchers have since digitally scanned the bones to create 3-D models of the dino, to study its movements.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 4 Sep. 2014
A 19th century dino hunter would recognize most of the team’s tools.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022
Meanwhile, evolved dino-locusts are doing a number on crops in the Midwest.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 8 June 2022
Similarly, Kaye and colleagues trained lasers at another important and well-studied ‘dino-bird’ fossil called Confuciusornis, also from China.
—Jon Tennant, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2016
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Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 15 Mar. 2023
The new dino also has unusual forelimbs: The long bones are flattened, suggesting a flipper-like appearance and function not unlike a penguin's upper limbs.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2017
Aspects of the discovered dino remain puzzling to researchers -- like why its small arms and chest muscles were so well developed if they weren't actually used for hunting.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 9 July 2022
In the case of the dino, the actors sync their movements by breathing.
—Vulture, 3 May 2022
Researchers have since digitally scanned the bones to create 3-D models of the dino, to study its movements.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 4 Sep. 2014
A 19th century dino hunter would recognize most of the team’s tools.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022
Meanwhile, evolved dino-locusts are doing a number on crops in the Midwest.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 8 June 2022
Similarly, Kaye and colleagues trained lasers at another important and well-studied ‘dino-bird’ fossil called Confuciusornis, also from China.
—Jon Tennant, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2016
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Word History
First Known Use
1936, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Dino.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dino. Accessed 31 Mar. 2023.
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