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DYN-uh-sor/ˈdaɪnəsɔː/

A dinosaur is a very large animal that lived millions of years ago. You see dinosaur bones in a museum, not in the street today. Countable: a dinosaur, dinosaurs. A dragon is only in stories and breathes fire; dinosaurs were real in the past. A dinosaur toy; a dinosaur film.

Meaning

A very large animal that lived millions of years ago.

Examples

• “The children saw a dinosaur in the museum.”
• “This book has pictures of dinosaurs.”
• “Was that dinosaur very tall?”

Good to know

a dinosaur (museum, past). Contrast: dragon (story, fire). Bones in a museum.

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