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    [Noun]  | "di*no*saur" | \ ˈdī-nə-ˌsȯr \


    1: 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; also : any of a broader group that also includes all living and extinct birds

    2: any of various large extinct reptiles (such as an ichthyosaur or mosasaur) other than the true dinosaurs

    3: one that is impractically large, out-of-date, or obsolete

    Origin: 1842 ;

     Borrowed from presumed New Latin *dinosaurus, the base of Dinosauria, former reptile taxon, from Greek deinós inspiring dread or awe + -o- {see: |-o-|-o-} + New Latin Sauria, former reptile suborder, from Greek saúros "lizard" + New Latin -ia {see: |-ia:2|-ia:2} {mat|deinonychus|}, {mat|-saurus|};

      * Note : The taxonomic name Dinosauria as well as the vernacular form dinosaur were both introduced by the British biologist and paleontologist Richard Owen (1804-92) in Report on British Fossil Reptiles. Part II, Report of the Eleventh Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (Held at Plymouth in July 1841) (London: J. Murray, 1842), p. 103: The combination of such characters, some, as the sacral ones [i.e., the sacral vertebrae fused into a single structure], altogether peculiar among Reptiles, others borrowed, as it were, from groups now distinct from each other, and all manifested by creatures far surpassing in size the largest of existing reptiles, will, it is presumed, be deemed sufficient ground for establishing a distinct tribe or sub-order of Saurian Reptiles, for which I would propose the name of Dinosauria. [Footnote to the above] Gr. deinòs, fearfully great; saúros, a lizard. Although Owen's Report on British Fossil Reptiles purports to be the record of an oral presentation given at Plymouth in July, 1841, the detailed contemporary accounts of Owen's lecture do not mention dinosaur or Dinosauria, and it is now clear that he only introduced the word with the extensively revised version of the report released in April, 1842. The background to Owen's report is analyzed by Hugh S. Torrens in Politics and Paleontology: Richard Owen and the Invention of Dinosaurs, M. K. Brett-Surman, et al., editors, The Complete Dinosaur, 2nd edition (Indiana University Press, 2012), pp. 25-43. Offprints of Owen's article have the publication date 1841, but, as Torrens demonstrates (p. 34), this was an error (perhaps deliberately uncorrected by Owen). Owen's rendering of Greek deinós (a word with a wide semantic range) as fearfully great is at odds with the conventional notion that dinosaur means terrible lizard in Greek. Although terrible (i.e., terrifying) is a possible translation of deinós, it does not appear to be the meaning Owen intended.;

    [Noun]  | "avian dinosaur" 


    1: a bird when considered as the survivor of a lineage of theropod dinosaurs

    Origin: 1999 ;

    [Noun]  | "duck-billed dinosaur" 


    1: any of various herbivorous dinosaurs (family Hadrosauridae) of the Late Cretaceous having the jaw elongated into a snout that resembles a beak : hadrosaur

    Origin: 1913 ;

    [Noun]  | "non-avian dinosaur" 


    1: any dinosaur that is not a bird

    Origin: 1988 ;

    [Geographical name]  | "Dinosaur National Monument" 


    1: area containing rich fossil deposits in northwestern Colorado and northeastern Utah at the junction of the Green and Yampa rivers

    [Noun]  | "dinosaur" 


    1: one that has passed the peak of effectiveness or popularity;


      * e.g., " ... as an old-time big-city boss, he's become something of a dinosaur in today's political world "




    2: something or someone that is unusually large and powerful;


      * e.g., " ... not that his small lawn needed such a dinosaur, but he bought a riding mower anyway "



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     [ "dinosaur" ]

    1: The greatest, most diverse and successful class of land vertibrates ever, believed to have originated sometime in the Triassic about 240 million years ago, and disappearing around 65 million years ago. Gods among animals, and awesome testaments to the power of creation (or evolution, if your must insist that these words be mutually exclusive) they were physiologically superior to mammals and gave rise to birds.

      * e.g.,  ... Lots of kids my age got hooked on dinosaurs for a while--it was a childhood disease, like mumps or chicken pox, and if left alone, most kids recovered and then had a lifetime immunity to dinosaurmania. But I was that rare exception, a terminal, chronic case.-- Robert T. Bakker, "The Dinosaur Heresies" 

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    2: Often our society shows a disinterest with the phenomena of the dinosauria, approaching paleontology with a "they're dead, who cares" attitude. They are also ridiculed for having "died out" when they in fact persisted a period of something like 160 million years--more than 40 times longer than the time elapsed since the earliest human anscestors appeared. Even the word "dinosaur" has a deprecative connotation, implying something that is outdated or obsolete.

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    3: Stop for a moment to consider that these animals did, in fact exist, and are not the chimeras of children. This writer would maintain, however, that anyone holding the view that an interest in dinosaurs is nerdy and childish deserves to have his or head bitten off by a Charcharodontosaurus.

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    1: Really big bloody reptile thing that used to live a long long time ago and they ate eachother and said "rawr!". Sometimes there were boring dinosaurs that were small and/or ate plants because they sucked. However some of them could fly and stuff, which was awesome. They also said "rawr".

      * e.g.,  ... Dinosaur 1: "I am going to eat you all up! Rawr!" 

     [ "dinosaur" ]

    1: most awsome anmal that ever lived

      * e.g.,  ... t-rex dinosaur 

     [ "dinosaur" ]

    1: A very old fashion, outdated , relic from the past thinking.

      * e.g.,  ... You are still using that old dinosaur phone?!!! 

     [ "dinosaur" ]

    1: The newest thing for all the scene kids to like.

      * e.g.,  ... "I'm Alex-souras Rex! Let's go use our fake dinosaur names, go see a show, make fun of everyone there, and dye our hair even more black! SC3N3 KiDS UNiT3!" 

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    1: The term dinosaur refers to a band or belt that one would use to make their veins more visible when injecting something.(herion)

      * e.g.,  ... Lying in my plasic bed 

     [ "dinosaur" ]

    1: an old person living in a new world.

      * e.g.,  ... That dinosaur has sweet baby blue shoes on. Why doesn't he just Die. 

     [ "dinosaur" ]

    1: A person who has been employed for a long time by a corporation, university, or organization. Generally used disparagingly by younger persons who regard this person as a general obstacle to progress, or one to their own personal advancement. The expression implies obsolescence on the part of the person so described, whether factually or not.

      * e.g.,  ... The English Department was filled with dinosaurs who were on the faculty for more than thirty years. They should set a maximum limit on the number of years a person may be on the faculty! 

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    1: The dinosaurs could have died out from a meteor or an ice age. but the real reason they died out was from having to much oral sex. this period of time was called the felacious period. dinosaurs would engage in oral sex at every oppurtune moment, instead of having regular sex to continue the population. it wasnt all in the same species sometimes the larger dinosaurs would be plaesured by the smaller ones in what was known as 'interacial hardcore midget gangbangs'. This theory is supported by all the dinosaur skelotons that have been found in the 69 position and also why there are no dinosaurs left today. the mating call most commonly used by dinosaurs was "do you want a blow job?" the reply to this was normally "yes, you bitch"

      * e.g.,  ... tyranosauros with a diplodocous (thunder lizard) engaging in oral sex, tricerotops asks "can i join to?" orgy insues, dinosaur orgy that is 

     [ "dinosaur" ]

    1:  a person or organization with very old-fashion values something obsolete, especially a machine

      * e.g.,  ... I don't think that dinosaur will help us much. 

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