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dinosaur

Definition

  • noun: one of many reptiles that lived on Earth millions of years ago
  • noun: any of a group (Dinosauria) of extinct often very large chiefly terrestrial carnivorous or herbivorous reptiles of the Mesozoic era
  • synonyms: fossil, old fart, dinosaurian

Examples

  • The character she plays is a 'dinosaur'—a former beauty queen who is living in the past.

  • The old factory is now a rusting 'dinosaur'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Close your eyes. It takes a few seconds. Oh, my goodness. Open, open, open! - What is it? - Dinosaurs. - Where? - You don't see all these dinosaurs? Look around. Look at all these dinosaurs. - Can you see them? (..)
    2006 The Pursuit of Happyness