dinosaur
nounHow to pronounce dinosaur:
Definition of dinosaur:
- dinosaur (noun):
- any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era.
- any of a broader group that also includes all living and extinct birds
- a decorative object or piece of furniture, of an earlier period, that is valued for its beauty, workmanship, and age
- any of a group (dinosauria) of extinct, often very large, carnivorous or herbivorous archosaurian reptiles that have the hind limbs extending directly beneath the body and include chiefly terrestrial, bipedal or quadrupedal ornithischians (such as ankylosaurs and stegosaurs) and saurischians (such as sauropods and theropods) which flourished during the mesozoic era from the late triassic period to the end of the cretaceous period
Synonyms for dinosaur:
anachronism
antique
archosaur
archosaurian
argentinosaur
back number
diplodocus
dodo
fogey
fogy or fogey
fossil
fuddy-duddy
ground-shaker
has-been
iguanodon
ornithischian
ornithischian dinosaur
relic
saurischian
saurischian dinosaur
seismosaur
stick-in-the-mud
titanosaur
titanosaurian
Antonyms for dinosaur:
activist
campaigner
change agent
crusader
innovator
liberal
libertarian
neoteric
progressionist
progressive
progressivist
radical
reformer
reformist
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- animals
- animal
- reminded
- refreshment
- unhealthful
- delightful
- histogram
- xeriscape
- existence
- suicidal
- distraction
- weightlifting
- doctorate
- seventeen
- Tsushima
- chimpanzee
- addicted
- thyrosis
- upwelling
- Sofia
- minimize
- gelatin
- galilee
- congestion
- transistor
- compliant
- Archana
- inclusion
- sarcasm
- route-finder
- library
- gradation
- holidays
- potter's clay
- polythene
- incidence
- contentment
- ableism
- levity
- fashion
- Erebus
- vertical
- potter's wheel
- menopause
- juniper
- Eraman
- quieter
- pretended
- talent scout
- Seminole
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