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# dinosaur

noun (a dinosaur, dinosaurs)

«dinosaur» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A dinosaur is one of a large group of reptiles that lived on Earth millions of years ago and died out; some were huge, others were small. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dinosaur/#m1)
2. A dinosaur is also a person or thing that is old-fashioned and no longer useful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dinosaur/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons we learn about dinosaurs from fossils: bones, teeth, eggs and footprints found in rocks. Some, like Tyrannosaurus rex, ate meat; others, like Diplodocus, ate plants. Most scientists think birds are living relatives of dinosaurs. Phrases: dinosaur fossil, dinosaur bones, meat-eating dinosaur, plant-eating dinosaur.

### Examples

- Tyrannosaurus rex was a fierce meat-eating dinosaur. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dinosaur/#x1)
- We saw a huge dinosaur skeleton at the museum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dinosaur/#x2)
- Dinosaurs lived millions of years ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dinosaur/#x3)
- Scientists learn about dinosaurs by studying fossils. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dinosaur/#x4)
- Some dinosaurs were as small as chickens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dinosaur/#x5)
- Birds are related to dinosaurs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dinosaur/#x6)
- Grandpa jokes that his old phone is a dinosaur. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dinosaur/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a dinosaur, dinosaurs. The name means «terrible lizard». Myths: people never lived at the same time as dinosaurs; and flying pterosaurs and swimming plesiosaurs were reptiles but not true dinosaurs.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dinosaur» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dinosaur/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dinosaur» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dinosaur.html) on Mova free.