Definitions
Extinct reptile from the Mesozoic era.
Word origin
From Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “terrible, awesome, mighty, fearfully great”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard, reptile”). Coined as Dinosaur(s) and Dinosauria by paleontologist Richard Owen in 1841/1842.
Used in a sentence
“Despite what some cartoons portray, no humans were around when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.”
“Many people love their backyard birds, but some of us may not realize that those feathery friends are also literally dinosaurs, in a biologically accurate sense of that word.”
“Pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, icthyosaurs — I don't know, they're all dinosaurs to me!”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Extinct giant reptile”8 letters
02“Extinct reptile”8 letters
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