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Yes. The word dinosaur is a Scrabble US word. The word dinosaur is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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8-letter words (1 found)

DINOSAUR,

7-letter words (9 found)

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6-letter words (34 found)

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You can make 333 words from dinosaur according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dinosaur

dinosaur

Alternative forms

  • deinosaur (archaic)
  • Dinosaur, dinosaurus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “terrible, awesome, mighty, fearfully great”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard, reptile”). Coined as Dinosaur(s) and Dinosauria by paleontologist Richard Owen in 1841/1842.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdaɪnəsɔː(ɹ)/
  • (Canada, idle-idol split) IPA(key): /ˈdʌɪnəsɔːɹ/
  • Hyphenation: di‧no‧saur

Noun

dinosaur (plural dinosaurs)

  1. (sciences) Any of the animals belonging to the clade Dinosauria, especially those that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct. [from c. 1840]
  2. (colloquial) Any member of the clade Dinosauria other than birds.
  3. (proscribed) Any extinct reptile, not necessarily belonging to Dinosauria, that existed between about 230 million and 65 million years ago.
  4. (figuratively, colloquial) Something or someone that is very old or old-fashioned, or is not willing to change and adapt.
  5. (figuratively, colloquial) Anything no longer in common use or practice.

Usage notes

Many animals commonly described as dinosaurs do not belong to Dinosauria, and are not true dinosaurs. These include pterosaurs, ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs. Describing these as dinosaurs is frowned upon in scientific writing but persists in the media and in everyday speech.

Conversely, not all members of Dinosauria became extinct in the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. Those that survived were the ancestors of modern birds, which therefore also belong to Dinosauria. However, birds are not usually described as dinosaurs, except in some popular science and technical writing.

Synonyms

  • (dinosaur excluding birds): nonavian dinosaur
  • (person who is very old): fossil, old fart

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Hindi: डायनासोर (ḍāynāsor), डाइनोसर (ḍāinosar)
  • → Persian: دایناسور (dâynâsor)
  • → Polish: dinozaur
  • → Urdu: ڈایناسور (ḍāenāsor)

Translations

Further reading

  • dinosaur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • dinosaurus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós) + σαῦρος (saûros).

Noun

dinosaur m (definite singular dinosauren, indefinite plural dinosaurer, definite plural dinosaurene)

  1. a dinosaur (extinct reptile)

References

  • “dinosaur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Further reading

  • dinosaur on the Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia.Wikipedia nb

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • dinosaurus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós) + σαῦρος (saûros).

Noun

dinosaur m (definite singular dinosauren, indefinite plural dinosaurar, definite plural dinosaurane)

  1. a dinosaur (extinct reptile)

References

  • “dinosaur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Further reading

  • dinosaur on the Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia.Wikipedia nn

Scots

Noun

dinosaur (plural dinosaurs)

  1. a dinosaur (extinct reptile)

Further reading

  • dinosaur on the Scots Wikipedia.Wikipedia sco

Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [di.no.sa.ˈuɾ]

Noun

dinosaur (nominative plural dinosaurs)

  1. dinosaur

Declension

Hyponyms

  • dinosauril
  • dinosaurül
  • hidinosaur
  • jidinosaur
  • ledinosaur

Derived terms


Source: wiktionary.org