dinosaurian

American  

[dahy-nuh-sawr-ee-uhn] / ˌdaɪ nəˈsɔr i ən /

adjective

1. pertaining to or of the nature of a dinosaur.

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noun

1. a dinosaur.

Etymology

Origin of dinosaurian

< New Latin Dinosauri ( a ) (1841), originally a name for a suborder or tribe ( see dino-, saurian) + -an

Example Sentences

"Our world might actually be kind of starved in plant productivity compared to the dinosaurian one," Holtz suggested.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

The network made the decision in part because of fears of "lobbying groups that are desperately hanging on to their dinosaurian ways," one source familiar with the choice told The Guardian.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2023

“The dinosaur trackways at Tanis do represent a rich and taxonomically diverse dinosaurian assemblage which immediately precedes the impact,” Wehr said in his talk.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 22, 2021

The emerging picture is of a mosaic of more closed to more open environments, with the makeup of these habitats affecting the distributions of dinosaurian herbivores like Dryosaurus.

From Scientific American • Jul. 28, 2018

At Durdham Down a dolomitic conglomerate, of the age known as Keuper or Upper Trias, rests unconformably on the edges of the Palaeozoic rocks, and is evidently a shore deposit, yielding dinosaurian remains.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various