dino
Casual ancient reptile
Dino is informal for dinosaur, used especially by children or when speaking to them: Look at the dinos!
The word appears in contexts where the full term feels too formal or cumbersome: dino toys, dino nuggets.
Adults use it casually or nostalgically.
Huge carnivorous dinosaur
- velociraptorSmall feathered Cretaceous predator
- triceratopsThree-horned prehistoric reptile
- stegosaurusPlate-backed Jurassic herbivore
- diplodocusLong-necked Jurassic herbivore
pterodactyl · raptor · sauropod · theropod · pterosaur · ankylosaur · hadrosaur · iguanodon
Age of Reptiles
- TriassicFirst Mesozoic period
- JurassicDinosaur-dominated geological period
- CretaceousFinal Mesozoic period
- paleontologyStudy of ancient organisms
fossil · excavation · bones · skeleton · amber · extinction · asteroid · meteor
Extremely large in scale
- massiveExtremely large and heavy
- enormousExtremely large in scale
- toweringOf imposing height
- behemothCreature of immense size
titan · giant · hulking · thundering · lumbering · long-necked · tail · claws
Preserved ancient organism
- digUnearth by shoveling
- excavationAct of unearthing
- quarryPit for extracting rock
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
stratigraphy · specimen · reconstruction · museum · bones · imprint · trace · remains
tyrannosaurus
Huge carnivorous dinosaur
- velociraptorSmall feathered Cretaceous predator
- triceratopsThree-horned prehistoric reptile
- stegosaurusPlate-backed Jurassic herbivore
diplodocus · pterodactyl · raptor · sauropod · theropod · pterosaur · ankylosaur · hadrosaur · iguanodon · apatosaurus
Mesozoic
Age of Reptiles
- TriassicFirst Mesozoic period
- JurassicDinosaur-dominated geological period
- CretaceousFinal Mesozoic period
paleontology · fossil · excavation · bones · skeleton · amber · extinction · asteroid · meteor · ancient
colossal
Extremely large in scale
behemoth · titan · giant · hulking · thundering · lumbering · long-necked · tail · claws · teeth
fossil
Preserved ancient organism
- digUnearth by shoveling
- excavationAct of unearthing
- quarryPit for extracting rock
sediment · stratigraphy · specimen · reconstruction · museum · bones · imprint · trace · remains · petrification
museum
Public exhibit space
- exhibitItem publicly displayed
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- animatronicMotorized lifelike puppet
toy · plushie · costume · mascot · cartoon · kids · roar · rawr · nuggets · Godzilla
- political jargonfilibuster, gerrymandering, caucus, pork barrel, lame duck
- dinosaur footprintsPreserved prehistoric reptile tracks
- dinosaur bonesPreserved prehistoric reptile skeletons
- dinosaur fossilsPreserved prehistoric reptile remains
- dinosaur eggFossilized prehistoric reptile embryo
- dinosaur skeletonReconstructed ancient reptile remains
- dinosaur extinctionEnd of giant reptiles