dinosaurlike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a dinosaur.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivedinosaurlike (comparative more dinosaurlike, superlative most dinosaurlike)

comparative more dinosaurlike · superlative most dinosaurlike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a dinosaur.

    Biologists and artists later proposed alternatives, albeit fanciful, that were more plausibly dinosaurlike and less biased towards the form of our own species.

    2023 June 7, Massimo Sandal, “How Smart Were Dinosaurs? New Studies Fuel the Debate”, in Scientific American
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    No one is ready to let an embryo experiment hatch yet. But when that point is reached, when the plan is to have a fully formed dinosaurlike chick hatch, then the experiment will come under review boards that deal with animal welfare.

    2009 March 28, James Gordon, Jack Horner, “Which comes first? The dinosaur or the egg?”, in The Globe and Mail

Origin

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Chicago

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