different between dinosaur vs coelurosaurian

English

Alternative forms

• deinosaur (archaic)
• dinosaurus

Etymology

New Latin d?nosaurus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (deinós, “terrible, awesome, mighty, fearfully great”) + ?????? (saûros, “lizard, reptile”). Coined by paleontologist Richard Owen in 1842.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?da?n?s??(?)/
• Hyphenation: di?no?saur

Noun

dinosaur (plural dinosaurs or (obsolete) dinosauri)

1. In scientific usage, 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. In colloquial usage, any non-avian dinosaur.
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 writing.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• dinosaurian
• dinosauric
• pedosaur
• -saur

Descendants

• ? Hindi: ???????? (??yn?sor), ??????? (??inosar)
• ? Urdu: ?????????

Translations

Further reading

• dinosaur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• dinosaurus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (deinós) + ?????? (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 ?????? (deinós) + ?????? (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.?u?]

Noun

dinosaur (nominative plural dinosaurs)

1. dinosaur

Declension

Hyponyms

• dinosauril
• dinosaurül
• hidinosaur
• jidinosaur
• ledinosaur

Derived terms

English

Etymology

Coelurosauria +? -ian

Noun

coelurosaurian (plural coelurosaurians)

1. Any dinosaur of the taxonomic group Coelurosauria

Adjective

coelurosaurian (comparative more coelurosaurian, superlative most coelurosaurian)

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling such a creature