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masculine

/dinoˈsauɾjo/

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Translation

dinosaur

Word origin

A modern scientific coinage from Greek deinos ('terrible') and sauros ('lizard'), first used in 1841.

Origin
Greek
Root
deinos + sauros
English cognates
dinosaur, saurian

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluraldinosaurios

Examples

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My son loves dinosaurs.

esqueleto .

In the museum there is a huge dinosaur skeleton.

extinguieron .

The dinosaurs went extinct millions of years ago.

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Do you know what this dinosaur ate?

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The film is about a park full of dinosaurs.

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This word is part of lesson 64.