英语词汇“deinosaur”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

dino- or (archaic) deino- /dī-nō-/

combining form

Denoting huge, terrible

ORIGIN: Gr deinos terrible

Dinoceras /-nosˈə-rəs/ noun

(Gr keras horn) a large Eocene fossil stump-footed ungulate of Wyoming, also known as Uintatherium, named from three pairs of protuberances on the skull

dinomaˈnia noun

Public interest in dinosaurs

Dinornis /dī-nörˈnis/ noun

(Gr ornis a bird) a genus of moas, including the biggest

dinosaur or (archaic) deinosaur /dīˈnə-sör/ noun

(Gr sauros a lizard) any extinct (Mesozoic) reptile of the order Dinosaurˈia from two to eighty feet in length (informal short form diˈno)
A chance survivor of a type characteristic of a bygone era (figurative)

dinosaurˈian adjective (figurative)

dinosaurˈic adjective (figurative)

dinothere or deinothere /dīnˈə-thēr/, dinotherium or deinotherium /-thēˈri-əm/ noun

(Gr thērion a beast) any extinct elephantine mammal of the genus Deinotherium with downward-curving tusks

dinoturbaˈtion noun (geology)

The effects of dinosaurs trampling on the formation of sedimentary rock