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[dahy-nuh-sawr]

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noun

any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.

something that is unwieldy in size, anachronistically outmoded, or unable to adapt to change: The old steel mill was a dinosaur that cost the company millions to operate.

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< Neo-Latin Dinosaurus (1841), originally a genus name. See dino-, -saur

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Then researchers provided evidence that a dinosaur called.

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Then researchers provided evidence that a dinosaur called.

The planting of dinosaur bones is actually a really good point made by creationists.

Open the door, get on the floor, everyone do the dinosaur.

Each dinosaur is rendered in complete, interactive.

Fossil discovery could push pint-sized, pointy-toothed dinosaur over to the plant-eaters.

There is no shortage of dinosaur encyclopedias available today.

Hike, bike, or four-wheel to canyonlands dinosaur tracks.

Scientists know how to turn a chicken into a dinosaur.

Newfound fossils reveal a beast that may be the biggest meat-eating dinosaur known, scientists reported in the current issue.

Their monopoly on education is going the way of the dinosaur and they are fighting hard to resist the change.

Scientists have found a dinosaur with shelled eggs in her belly.

The oldest fossilized dinosaur embryos yet discovered are revealing tantalizing clues about dinosaur evolution, scientists say.

Even when you know what to look for, dinosaur tracks can be easy to miss.

After going through a bankruptcy that nearly killed it, the dinosaur is.

Generating a dinosaur that way may theoretically be possible but nobody is close to doing.

Professors don't want to be perceived as the dinosaur in the room.

The dinosaur skulls, which ranged from dinner plate-size to human-size, came from a range of animals.

Proposed posture for a feathered dinosaur stirs controversy.

The reinforced skull and huge, serrated teeth of the tyrant dinosaur and its kin were not adaptations for cropping.

Discovery of a new dinosaur is always an exciting event.

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If you ever wanted to grow up to be a dinosaur hunter, now is the time to do it.

Part woodpecker and part aye-aye, this dinosaur pecked holes in.

Mounting a full dinosaur skeleton, some paleontologists believed, had more to do with art and architecture than with science.

After going through a bankruptcy that nearly killed it, the dinosaur is set to be reborn.

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Recent studies of alligators and other living animals are illuminating previously murky aspects of dinosaur biology.

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The son of the main dinosaur character got involved with a female vegetarian dinosaur to the horror of his family.

The fatherly care birds show towards their offspring may have its roots in dinosaur behavior, a new study shows.

First hard evidence of seasonal dinosaur migration found in dental enamel.

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The researchers are now studying how dinosaur claws reflected their hunting and feeding habits.

The discovery could help redraw the world map during the dinosaur era, researchers add.

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World English Dictionary

dinosaur (ˈdaɪnəˌsɔː)

—n
1.	saurischian See also ornithischian pterosaur Compare plesiosaur any extinct terrestrial reptile of the orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, many of which were of gigantic size and abundant in the Mesozoic era
2.	a person or thing that is considered to be out of date

[C19: from New Latin dinosaurus, from Greek deinos fearful + sauros lizard]

dino'saurian

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

dinosaur

1841, coined by Sir Richard Owen, from Gk. deinos "terrible" + sauros "lizard," of unknown origin. Fig. sense of "person or institution not adapting to change" is from 1952.

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Science Dictionary

dinosaur

(dī'nə-sôr') Pronunciation Key
Any of various extinct reptiles of the orders Saurischia and Ornithischia that flourished during the Mesozoic Era. Dinosaurs were carnivorous or herbivorous, dwelled mostly on land, and varied from the size of a small dog to the largest land animals that ever lived. One group of dinosaurs evolved into birds. See more at ornithischian , saurischian. See Note at bird.

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Computing Dictionary

dinosaur definition

1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power. Used especially of old minicomputers and mainframes, in contrast with newer microprocessor-based machines.
In a famous quote from the 1988 Unix EXPO, Bill Joy compared the liquid-cooled mainframe in the massive IBM display with a grazing dinosaur "with a truck outside pumping its bodily fluids through it". IBM was not amused.
Compare big iron; see also dinosaurs mating.
2. [IBM] A very conservative user; a zipperhead.
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