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Definition of Dinosaurs
1. dinosaur [n] - See also: dinosaur
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dinosaurs
Literary usage of Dinosaurs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Geology: For Use in Universities, Colleges, Schools of by Louis Valentine Pirsson, Charles Schuchert (1915)
"The reptiles which most nearly paralleled the mammals of to-day were the dinosaurs,
taking into consideration range of size, habits, and habitat. ..."
2. The Origin and Evolution of Life: On the Theory of Action, Reaction and by Henry Fairfield Osborn (1918)
"CARNIVOROUS dinosaurs Widely contrasting with these extreme adaptations to aquatic
marine life, the climax of terrestrial adaptation in the reptilian ..."
3. Biennial report by North Dakota Geological Survey (1908)
"The dinosaurs are an extinct group of reptiles whose members varied greatly in
... One of the most common and remarkable of the dinosaurs was the clumsy and ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"SOME LOCALITIES FOR LARAMIE MAMMALS AND HORNED dinosaurs. BY JB HATCHER. It is
the purpose of this paper to give brief but accurate descriptions of the ..."
5. Geology, Physical and Historical by Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland (1916)
"It is not known that the carnivorous dinosaurs were especially ... It is possible
that this last was developed to prey upon the great armored dinosaurs (p. ..."
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