dinosaurian

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UK/ˌdʌɪnə(ʊ)ˈsɔːɹɪən/

adjective

Of, like, or pertaining to a dinosaur.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

dinosaurian1

adjectivedinosaurian (comparative more dinosaurian, superlative most dinosaurian)

comparative more dinosaurian · superlative most dinosaurian

  1. Of, like, or pertaining to a dinosaur.

    From time to time another vehicle would pass us in the other direction, or a tractor would appear in front of us, scattering scales of mud from its dinosaurian rear wheels as it grumbled along the road at fifteen miles an hour.

    2009, Adam Roberts, Yellow Blue Tibia
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Dinosaurian.
noundinosaurian (plural dinosaurians)

plural dinosaurians

  1. A dinosaur.

    They were flapping their ears, moving their great stamp-like feet up and down, grinding their teeth, slobbering with their mouths, making borborygmic gurgles and rumbles in their dinosaurian-like bodies, or throwing up their trunks or their tails.

    1922 April, Cuthbert Christy, “The African Elephant, Part II”, in Journal of the African Society, volume XXI, number LXXXIII, Macmillan and co., page 194
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Dinosaurian.

Dinosaurian2

adjectiveDinosaurian (comparative more Dinosaurian, superlative most Dinosaurian)

comparative more Dinosaurian · superlative most Dinosaurian · alternative dinosaurian

  1. Of or relating to the Dinosauria; resembling one of the Dinosauria.
nounDinosaurian (plural Dinosaurians)

plural Dinosaurians · alternative dinosaurian

  1. One belonging to the taxonomic superorder or clade Dinosauria; a dinosaur.

Origin

dinosaurian · adjective, noun

From dinosaur + -ian, or Dinosauria + -an.

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Dinosaurian · adjective, noun

From Dinosauria + -an.

Full word history & related roots →
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