OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 11368

dinosaur

/ˈdaɪnəsɔː(ɹ)/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dinosaurio
Any extinct reptile, not necessarily belonging to Dinosauria, that existed between about 230 million and 65 million years ago, as well as the stem-mammal Dimetrodon.
"Not a bird, my dear Roxton - not a bird." "A beast?" "No; a reptile - a dinosaur."
‘Dinosaur!’ Denham exploded. ‘By the Power! A dinosaur!’