dinosaur

Definition of Dinosaur in English :

see synonyms of dinosaur

Noun

1. dinosaur

any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dinosaur

see synonyms of dinosaur

noun

1.

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

2.

a person or thing that is considered to be out of date

Dinosaur

see synonyms of dinosaur

noun

1.

any of various extinct, mostly land-dwelling, four-limbed saurischian or ornithischian reptiles of the Mesozoic Era, including some c. 30 m (98.4 ft) long: the flesh-eaters usually walked on their hind limbs, the plant-eaters on all fours

2. Loosely

any large, extinct reptile of the Paleozoic or Mesozoic eras

3.

someone or something thought of as being old-fashioned, outmoded, resistant to change, etc.

Dinosaur

see synonyms of dinosaur

n.

1.

a. Any of various extinct terrestrial reptiles of the orders Saurischia and Ornithischia that existed during the Mesozoic Era, including both carnivores and herbivores and often reaching a gigantic size.

b. Any of various other large extinct reptiles, such as an ichthyosaur.

2. A relic of the past: "living dinosaurs of the world of vegetation" (John Olmsted).

3. One that is hopelessly outmoded or unwieldy: "The old, big-city teaching hospital is a dinosaur" (Peggy Breault).

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