Dinosaur
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New Latin dīnosaurus, from Ancient Greek δεινός(deinós, “terrible, awesome, mighty, fearfully great”) + σαῦρος(saûros, “lizard, reptile”). Coined by paleontologist Richard Owen in 1842.
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dinosaur (n.)
one of the Dinosauria, a class of extinct Mesozoic reptiles often of enormous size, 1841, coined in Modern Latin by Sir Richard Owen, from Greek deinos "terrible" (see dire) + sauros "lizard" (see -saurus). Figurative sense of "person or institution not adapting to change" is from 1952. Related: Dinosaurian.
