Word: dinosaur
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: di
no
saur
Definition: 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.
Morphemes:
Affix: dinosaur
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: 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.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: δεινός
Language: grc
Decoded: deinos
Meaning: terrible, awesome, mighty, fearfully great
Affix: σαῦρος
Language: grc
Decoded: sauros
Meaning: lizard, reptile