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- informaluncountableEnthusiasm for dinosaurs.
Dinomania didn't start with Jurassic Park - it has been with us since dinosaurs were discovered.
2003, Henry Gee, Luis V Rey, A field guide to dinosaurs2 more examples
At this point, we may attempt to define dinomania as the impulse to surround oneself with all forms of dinosaur iconology and to hoard information about their appearance, size, and way of life.
2002, José Luis Sanz, Starring T. rex!: dinosaur mythology and popular cultureIn 1898, the yellow press snatched up the potential sensation, and invented dinomania. "MOST COLOSSAL ANIMAL EVER ON EARTH JUST FOUND OUT WEST," William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal blared...
2005, David Rains Wallace, Beasts of Eden
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