Dinosaur
['daɪnəsɔː] or ['daɪnə'sɔr]
Definition
(noun.) any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era.
Editor: Stu--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Alt. of Dinosaurian
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Definition
n. a gigantic extinct reptile which attained a length of eighty feet.
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Examples
- But there is not a scrap, not a bone, to suggest that there lived any Mesozoic Mammal which could look a dinosaur in the face. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In bigness these greater _Dinosaurs_ have never been exceeded, although the sea can still show in the whales creatures as great. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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