noun
dinosaur
DYE-nuh-sor/ˈdaɪnəsɔːr/
A reptile of a prehistoric group including giant land animals.
The three-horned dinosaur walks through a landscape filled with ferns.
Etymology
The components give the literal image “terrible lizard.” This was coined as a scientific group name for prehistoric reptiles, many of enormous size, rather than as a description of one particular species.
In context
without plant eating animals to eat the meat eaters died off too after ruling Earth for 165 million years the age of the dinosaur came to a sudden end
More examples
- The museum displays the skeleton of a large dinosaur.
- Some dinosaurs ate plants, while others hunted animals.
- Not every dinosaur was a giant; some were chicken-sized.
Forms
dinosaur · dinosaurs