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Webster 1913 Edition


Dinosaurian

{

Di′no-saur

,

Diˊno-sau′ri-an

, }
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] terrible + [GREEK] lizard.]
(Paleon.)
One of the Dinosauria.
[Written also
deinosaur
, and
deinosaurian
.]

Definition 2024


dinosaurian

dinosaurian

English

Adjective

dinosaurian (comparative more dinosaurian, superlative most dinosaurian)

  1. Pertaining to dinosaurs.
    • 2009, Adam Roberts, Yellow Blue Tibia:
      From time to time another vehicle would pass us in the other direction, or a tractor would appear in front of us, scattering scales of mud from its dinosaurian rear wheels as it grumbled along the road at fifteen miles an hour.

Noun

dinosaurian (plural dinosaurians)

  1. A dinosaur.