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dinosaur

di·no·saur

dinosaur

 
pronunciation:
daI n sawr
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part of speech: noun
definition: a kind of animal that lived millions of years ago. Some dinosaurs were the largest animals that ever lived on land.
 
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Dinosaur is formed from two Greek words that together mean "terrible lizard."
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