dinosaur

noun

di·no·saur | \ ˈdī-nə-ˌsȯr

Definition of dinosaur

1 : any of a group (Dinosauria) of extinct often very large chiefly terrestrial carnivorous or herbivorous reptiles of the Mesozoic era

2 : any of various large extinct reptiles (such as ichthyosaurs) other than the true dinosaurs

3 : one that is impractically large, out-of-date, or obsolete The factory is now a rusting dinosaur.

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Other Words from dinosaur

dinosaurian \ ˌdī-nə-ˈsȯr-ē-ən

\ adjective

dinosauric \ -ˈsȯr-ik

\ adjective

Examples of dinosaur in a Sentence

The old factory is now a rusting dinosaur. The character she plays is a dinosaur—a former beauty queen who is living in the past.

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This past September, Prince William revealed that his son has a thing for dinosaurs. — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "Prince George Is Learning About Outer Space in School, Kate Middleton Reveals," 15 Jan. 2019 Some people just really love Halloween and are crafty, and creative Pinterest goddesses with mellow, smushy children who don’t mind being nestled into dinosaur or giraffe costumes. — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, "Are You Dressing Your Kids for Halloween—or for Instagram?," 30 Oct. 2018 Each player drafts cards for a dinosaur park, arranges them in a grid (that has one empty space), and turns over a timer. — Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, "Eight great board games we played at PAX Unplugged," 8 Dec. 2018 In an additional Instagram post shared before the Just Jared event, Joey was spotted wearing an inflatable dinosaur costume. — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, "Joey King Went as Voldemort for Halloween," 29 Oct. 2018 Your Modern Family gives you all the details on how to make this dinosaur costume for your pet. — Blake Bakkila, Good Housekeeping, "People Are Making DIY Halloween Costumes Out of Amazon Boxes — and They're Pretty Amazing," 22 Oct. 2018 Many giant dinosaurs walked on four legs but had ancestors that walked on two legs. — Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, "Amazing giant dinosaur discovery: New dino species identified," 28 Sep. 2018 The stars held a media day last week to promote the dinosaur sequel on Oahu, less than 200 miles from Hawaii's Big Island where lava flowing from Kilauea has claimed as many as 700 homes, CBS Honolulu affiliate KGMB reported this week. — CBS News, ""Jurassic World" cast and crew on "unfortunate" timing of release amid volcanic disasters," 14 June 2018 In a halftime show performance on Saturday (October 13), the Iowa State Cyclones marching band brought a line of dancing dinosaurs onto the football field. — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, "Iowa State Marching Band Used Dancing Dinosaurs for a Performance of the "Jurassic Park" Theme Song," 14 Oct. 2018

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