dino

plural dinos

1. informalA dinosaur (type of animal).

   So whereas attempts to single out a dino killer may have failed, for now, they do point to a conspiracy of culprits.

   2019 February 21, Howard Lee, “The Real Dino Killer: A One–Two Punch”, in Scientific American

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   So far, Druckenmiller and his team have dug up species from seven different dino families: from big duck-billed dinos, ceretopsians, and tyrannosaurs to smaller thescelosaurs, leptoceratops, dromaeosaurs, and troodontids.

   2021 September 21, Karen Hopkin, “Dinosaurs Lived—and Made Little Dinos—in the Arctic”, in Scientific American

2. slangvideo gamesA long-time participant in a multi-user dungeon.

plural Dinos

1. A male given name from Italian, feminine equivalent Dina.

plural DINOs

1. USabbreviationacronymderogatorygovernmentAcronym of Democrat in name only, typically used by liberal members of the U.S. Democratic Party to describe Democrats whose views are conservative or perceived as conservative.
2. abbreviationacronymhumorousbusinessAcronym of developer in name only, a real estate development company or individual that is still active, but does not have any developments underway due to a downturn in the market or in the economy in general.