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/ˈdaɪnəsɔː(ɹ)/ · noun
(usually) Those animals of the clade Dinosauria that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct; that is, any member of the clade Dinosauria other than birds..
Despite what some cartoons portray, no humans were around when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
Many people love their backyard birds, but some of us may not realize that those feathery friends are also literally dinosaurs, in a biologically accurate sense of that word.
Pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, icthyosaurs — I don't know, they're all dinosaurs to me!
"Not a bird, my dear Roxton - not a bird." "A beast?" "No; a reptile - a dinosaur."
‘Dinosaur!’ Denham exploded. ‘By the Power! A dinosaur!’
She may be a tough old bird, but it's a mistake to write her off as a dinosaur; you do so at your own risk.
[The OS/360 linkage editor] is the culmination of years of development of static overlay technique. Yet it is also the last and finest of the dinosaurs, for it belongs to a system in which multiprogramming is the normal mode and dynamic core allocation the basic assumption.
The sign in the window said for sale or trade on the last remaining dinosaur Detroit made.
Use dinosaur when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dinosaur means (usually) Those animals of the clade Dinosauria that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct; that is, any member of the clade Dinosauria other than birds..
Common synonyms include dinosaur, non-avian dinosaur, fossil, old fart.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Despite what some cartoons portray, no humans were around when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
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