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dinosaurian

American

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

adjective

pertaining to or of the nature of a dinosaur.

noun

a dinosaur.

Etymology

Origin of dinosaurian

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

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