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DINOSAUR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dinosaur" is a kind of...):
archosaur; archosaurian; archosaurian reptile (extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dinosaur"):
ornithischian; ornithischian dinosaur (herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird)
iguanodon (massive herbivorous bipedal dinosaur with a long heavy tail; common in Europe and northern Africa; early Cretaceous period)
saurischian; saurischian dinosaur (herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodile)
diplodocus (a huge quadrupedal herbivore with long neck and tail; of late Jurassic in western North America)
titanosaur; titanosaurian (amphibious quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur with a long thin neck and whiplike tail; of the Cretaceous mostly in the southern hemisphere)
argentinosaur (huge herbivorous dinosaur of Cretaceous found in Argentina)
ground-shaker; seismosaur (huge herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous found in western North America)
Context examples:
The wealth of information from the skeleton indicates that it was distantly related to other known African titanosaurs, except for some interesting similarities with another dinosaur, Malawisaurus, from just across the Tanzania-Malawi border.
(New dinosaur with heart-shaped tail offers clues to evolution of Africa's ecosystems, National Science Foundation)
The researchers found soft tissue around the dinosaur's flanks and across its arms, showing it had folds of leathery skin that would have resembled wings.
(Second Bat-Like Dinosaur Discovered in China, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
But the two dinosaurs are distinctly different from one another, and from titanosaurians known from northern Africa.
(Paleontologists discover new species of titanosaurian dinosaur in Tanzania, NSF)
Long-necked sauropod dinosaurs include the largest animals ever to walk on land, but they hatched from eggs no bigger than a soccer ball.
(Newly discovered baby Titanosaur sheds light on dinosaurs' early lives, NSF)
"Pretty bad," said he, when he had heard of the dinosaur and the pit.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The previously unknown reptile lived in the oceans during the time of the dinosaurs.
(Sea Monster Swam Oceans 170 Million Years Ago, Voanews)
This particular dinosaur was feathered and about the size of a small bird.
(Dinosaur Tail Found in Myanmar, VOA News)
This new dinosaur gives us important information about African fauna during a time of evolutionary change.
(New dinosaur with heart-shaped tail offers clues to evolution of Africa's ecosystems, National Science Foundation)
It belongs to a group of dinosaurs known as the scansoriopterygids, which all contain lanky arms, but it's only the second fossil found in the group to contain the styliform bone.
(Second Bat-Like Dinosaur Discovered in China, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The dinosaur's bones exhibit similarities with another titanosaurian, Malawisaurus dixeyi, previously recovered in Malawi.
(Paleontologists discover new species of titanosaurian dinosaur in Tanzania, NSF)
