dinosaurnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdaɪ.nə.sɔːr/us/ˈdaɪ.nə.sɔːr/A2 a type of reptile that became extinct about 65,000,000 years ago. There were many different types of dinosaur, some of which were extremely large.
disapproving an old-fashioned person or thing that people no longer consider to be useful:
This computer's a dinosaur, isn't it?
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Prehistory
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- brontosaurus
- carboniferous
- caveman
- neolithic
- Ordovician
- Palaeogene
- palaeolithic
- Paleogene
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- primaeval
- primal
- primeval
- primitive
- stegosaurus
- stone-age
- the Anthropocene
- troglodyte
- tyrannosaurus
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People who are boring and old-fashioned