Complete Definition of "dinosaur"

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Image:Stegosaurus.jpg|thumb|right|Artist's rendering of a [[stegosaurus.]]

Alternative spellings
deinosaur (archaic)

Etymology
From Gr. δειν��α��ο� (deinosauros) < δειν�� (deinos) "terrible, stiff, masterly, skilful" + �α��α (saura) "lizard".

Noun
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  1. Any of various extinct reptiles belonging to the Dinosauria, existing between about 230 million and 65 million years ago.
  2. context|figuratively|colloquial A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.
  3. context|figuratively|colloquial Anything that is no longer in common use or practice.

Synonyms
(person who is very old): fossil, old fart

Translations
trans-top|extinct reptile
Bosnian: dinosaurus#Bosnian|dinosaurus m
Catalan: dinosaure#Catalan|dinosaure
Croatian: dinosaur m
Chinese: ��, �� (k�ng lóng)
Czech: dinosaurus m
Dutch: dinosaurus m
Esperanto: dinosaÅ­ro
Estonian: dinosaurus#Estonian|dinosaurus
Finnish: dinosaurus#Finnish|dinosaurus, hirmulisko
French: dinosaure#French|dinosaure m
Hebrew: ��נ����ר (dinozaur) m
Hungarian: dinoszaurusz
Ido: dinosaurio
Italian: dinosauro
Japanese: �� ky�ryū
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Korean: 공룡 gongnyong
Macedonian: дино�а���� m
Lithuanian: dinozauras m
Polish: dinozaur m
Portuguese: dinossauro m
Russian: динозав� (dinozávr) m
Serbian:

Slovak: dinosaurus#Slovak|dinosaurus m
Slovene: dinozaver m
Spanish: dinosaurio m
Welsh: deinosor
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trans-top|person who is very old or has very old-fashioned views

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Category:Greek derivations
Category:Reptiles


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