Dinosaurian
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A dinosaur.
"They were flapping their ears, moving their great stamp-like feet up and down, grinding their teeth, slobbering with their mouths, making borborygmic gurgles and rumbles in their dinosaurian-like bodies, or throwing up their trunks or their tails."
- 2 One belonging to the taxonomic superorder or clade Dinosauria; a dinosaur.
- 3 Alternative letter-case form of Dinosaurian. alt-of
- 1 Of, like, or pertaining to a dinosaur.
"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."
- 2 Of or relating to the Dinosauria; resembling one of the Dinosauria.
- 3 Alternative letter-case form of Dinosaurian. alt-of
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From dinosaur + -ian, or Dinosauria + -an.
From Dinosauria + -an.
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