dinosaurian

English

Etymology

From dinosaur +‎ -ian or Dinosauria +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdʌɪnə(ʊ)ˈsɔːɹɪən/

Adjective

dinosaurian (comparative more dinosaurian, superlative most dinosaurian)

1. Of, relating to, or resembling a dinosaur.
   • 1922 April, Cuthbert Christy, “The African Elephant, Part II”, in Journal of the African Society, volume XXI, number LXXXIII, Macmillan and co., page 194:

     They were flapping their ears, moving their great stamp-like feet up and down, grinding their teeth, slobbering with their mouths, making borborygmic gurgles and rumbles in their dinosaurian-like bodies, or throwing up their trunks or their tails.

   • 2009, Adam Roberts, Yellow Blue Tibia:

     From time to time another vehicle would pass us in the other direction, or a tractor would appear in front of us, scattering scales of mud from its dinosaurian rear wheels as it grumbled along the road at fifteen miles an hour.

2. Alternative letter-case form of Dinosaurian.

Noun

dinosaurian (plural dinosaurians)

1. A dinosaur.
2. Alternative letter-case form of Dinosaurian.