Antonyms for dinosaur

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dahy-nuh-sawr

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdaɪ nəˌsɔr

Definition of dinosaur

Origin : 1841, coined in Modern Latin by Sir Richard Owen, from comb. form of Greek deinos "terrible" (see dire) + sauros "lizard" (see -saurus). Figurative sense of "person or institution not adapting to change" is from 1952.

As in obsolete : adj no longer in use, in vogue
As in outmoded : adj obsolete, old-fashioned

Example sentences :

I don't ever want to see or taste a dinosaur steak again, he thought.
Extract from : « Starman's Quest » by Robert Silverberg

The only complete skeleton of a dinosaur ever found was taken out in 1909.
Extract from : « The Book of the National Parks » by Robert Sterling Yard

But they did not meet fairly, head to head, as the Dinosaur intended.
Extract from : « In the Morning of Time » by Charles G. D. Roberts

The teeth of this horned Dinosaur resemble those of the Megalosaur.
Extract from : « Extinct Monsters » by H. N. Hutchinson

Altogether, Triceratops is very different to any other Dinosaur.
Extract from : « Extinct Monsters » by H. N. Hutchinson

Like the dinosaur and the saber-toothed tiger, they have had their day.
Extract from : « Time Telling through the Ages » by Harry Chase Brearley

Another type of dinosaur, so different from the others, should be briefly described.
Extract from : « Geology » by William J. Miller

In the Dinosaur Hadrosaurus they are exceedingly large and spatulate.
Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds

Have you found the dinosaur or the dragon or the great serpents of a foregone day?
Extract from : « The Magnificent Adventure » by Emerson Hough

You take a dinosaur, for instance, who was sixty or seventy feet long.
Extract from : « The Crow's Nest » by Clarence Day, Jr.

Synonyms for dinosaur

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