dinosaurian
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of dinosaurian
< New Latin Dinosauri ( a ) (1841), originally a name for a suborder or tribe ( see dino-, saurian) + -an
Example Sentences
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Taken a step further, these data may inform the conversation among scientists about the origins of dinosaurian flight.
From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2024
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
They reveal, he says, “a thriving dinosaurian community.”
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
Ceteosaurus, set-e-o-saw′rus, n. a large dinosaurian reptile belonging to the Jurassic system.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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