dinosaurian

[ dahy-nuh-sawr-ee-uh n ]

/ ˌdaɪ nəˈsɔr i ən /

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adjective

pertaining to or of the nature of a dinosaur.

noun

a dinosaur.

Nearby words

dino-, dinoceras, dinoflagellate, dinosaur, dinosaur national monument, dinosaurian, dinosaurs, dinothere, dinotherium, dint, dinucleotide

Origin of dinosaurian

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

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Examples from the Web for dinosaurian

Certain footprints in the coal measures of Kansas have been supposed to belong to lacertilian or dinosaurian forms.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3|Various
Had she been a dinosaurian making Mesozoic footprints, I could not have been more fearful.
The Face of the Fields|Dallas Lore Sharp
In the Dinosaurian genus Cœlurus this condition is as well marked in the tail and back as it is in the neck.
Dragons of the Air|H. G. Seeley