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Meaning of Dinosaur | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈdaɪnəsɔː(ɹ)

Definitions

  1. Any of the animals belonging to the clade Dinosauria, especially those that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct.
  2. Any member of the clade Dinosauria other than birds.
    colloquial
  3. Any extinct reptile, not necessarily belonging to Dinosauria, that existed between about 230 million and 65 million years ago, as well as the stem-mammal Dimetrodon.
    proscribed
  4. Something or someone that is very old or old-fashioned, or is not willing to change and adapt.
    colloquial, figuratively
  5. Anything no longer in common use or practice.
    colloquial, figuratively

Equivalents

العربية الدّيناصور ديناصور
Azərbaycanca dinozavr
Беларуская дыназаўр
Български динозавър
Bosanski dinosaurus диносаурус
Català dinosaure
Čeština dinosauří dinosaurus veleještěr
Cymraeg deinosor
Dansk dinosaurus
Deutsch Dino Dinosaurier Dinosaurus Saurier
Ελληνικά δεινόσαυρος
Esperanto dinosaŭro
Español dinosaurio
Eesti dinosaurus
فارسی دایناسور
Suomi dinosaurus fossiili hirmulisko
Français dinosaure
Gaeilge dineasár
Galego dinosauro
ગુજરાતી ભીમસરટ
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi nalala
हिन्दी डायनासोर डायनोसोर भीमसरट
Hrvatski dinosaurus диносаурус
Magyar dinoszaurusz
Հայերեն դինոզավր
Bahasa Indonesia dinosaurus
Íslenska risaeðla
Italiano dinosauro
日本語 恐竜 竜
ქართული დინოზავრი
Қазақша динозавр
ខ្មែរ ឌីណូស័រ
한국어 공룡
Kurdî dînozor
Latina dinosaurus
Lietuvių dinozauras
Te Reo Māori mokonui
Македонски диносаурус
Монгол динозавр
Bahasa Melayu denosor dinosaur
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဒိုင်နိုဆော
Nederlands dinosaurus
Polski dinozaur mamut mastodont
Português dinossauro
Română dinozaur
Русский динозавр
Slovenčina dinosaurus
Slovenščina dinozaver
Српски dinosaurus диносаурус
Svenska dinosaurie skräcködla
தமிழ் டைனோசர் தொன்மா
ไทย ไดโนเสาร์
Türkmençe dinozawr
Tagalog bayawak-kilabot
Türkçe dinozor
ئۇيغۇرچە دىنوزاۋر
Українська динозавр
اردو ڈایناسور
Tiếng Việt khủng long

Examples

“"Not a bird, my dear Roxton - not a bird." "A beast?" "No; a reptile - a dinosaur."”
“‘Dinosaur!’ Denham exploded. ‘By the Power! A dinosaur!’”
“[The OS/360 linkage editor] is the culmination of years of development of static overlay technique. Yet it is also the last and finest of the dinosaurs, for it belongs to a system in which multiprogramming is the normal mode and dynamic core allocation the basic assumption.”
“The sign in the window said for sale or trade on the last remaining dinosaur Detroit made.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

dinosaur hunter dinosaur juice dinosaur kale dinosaur oil dinosaur plant dinosaur-burner

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