dinosaurian

American  

[dahy-nuh-sawr-ee-uhn] / ˌdaɪ nəˈsɔr i ən /

adjective

1. pertaining to or of the nature of a dinosaur.

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noun

1. a dinosaur.

Etymology

Origin of dinosaurian

< New Latin Dinosauri ( a ) (1841), originally a name for a suborder or tribe ( see dino-, saurian) + -an

Example Sentences

"Our world might actually be kind of starved in plant productivity compared to the dinosaurian one," Holtz suggested.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

The network made the decision in part because of fears of "lobbying groups that are desperately hanging on to their dinosaurian ways," one source familiar with the choice told The Guardian.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2023

They reveal, he says, “a thriving dinosaurian community.”

From Science Magazine • Oct. 22, 2021

But chambers on each side of the skull suggest Ichthyornis had large jaw muscles more similar to those of its dinosaurian ancestors.

From Scientific American • May 2, 2018

Ceteosaurus, set-e-o-saw′rus, n. a large dinosaurian reptile belonging to the Jurassic system.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various