Meaning & use
dinosaur
A large prehistoric reptile that lived on land millions of years before humans existed.
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The museum displayed the reconstructed skeleton of a huge dinosaur.
Children love learning the strange names of different dinosaur species.
A note on using this word
Informally, dinosaur also describes a person, idea, or technology seen as hopelessly outdated.
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