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dinosaur
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dinosaur a fossil reptile of the Mesozoic era, often reaching an enormous size; in extended usage, a person or thing that is outdated or has become obsolete because of failure to adapt to changing circumstances.
Dinosaurs were all extinct by the end of the Cretaceous period (65 million years ago), the most popular theory being that the extinctions were in fact the result of the impact of a large meteorite.
The word is recorded from the mid 19th century, and comes from modern Latin
dinosaurus from Greek
deinos ‘terrible’ +
sauros ‘lizard’. It was coined by the English anatomist and palaeontologist Richard Owen (1804–92).
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Dinosaurs on the Web. (CyberHunt).(Brief Article)
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DINOSAUR SOCIETY NAMES BEST JUVENILE DINOSAUR BOOK; 'DOUGAL DIXON'S DINOSAURS' CAPTURES SATTLER AWARD
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Dinosaurs Wow Kids at Museum
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Dinosaur
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dinosaur
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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dinosaurs
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
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Dinosaur Jr.
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
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