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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024di•no•saur /ˈdaɪnəˌsɔr/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Paleontologyany of various plant- or flesh-eating reptiles of prehistoric times, most of which had long tails and were very large.
- something that is too clumsy, out of date, or unable to adapt to change:That old computer is a dinosaur; get a new one.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024di•no•saur (dī′nə sôr′),USA pronunciation n. - Paleontologyany chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- something that is unwieldy in size, anachronistically outmoded, or unable to adapt to change:The old steel mill was a dinosaur that cost the company millions to operate.
- Neo-Latin Dinosaurus (1841), origin, originally a genus name. See dino-, -saur
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dinosaur /ˈdaɪnəˌsɔː/ n - any extinct terrestrial reptile of the orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, many of which were of gigantic size and abundant in the Mesozoic era
- a person or thing that is considered to be out of date
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin dinosaurus, from Greek deinos fearful + sauros lizardˌdinoˈsaurian adj |