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di·no·saur
 dinosaur
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- pronunciation:
- daI
n
sawr
- features:
- Word History, Word Explorer
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A dinosaur is an animal that lived on the earth a very long time ago. Dinosaurs were reptiles, and some of them looked like big lizards. Some dinosaurs were the largest animals that ever lived on land, but some dinosaurs were small.
We saw many bones of dinosaurs at the museum.
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Dinosaur is formed from two Greek words that together mean "terrible lizard."
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associated with dinosaurs |
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evolution, extinction, fossil, prehistoric |
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broader categories that include dinosaurs |
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reptile |
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descriptions of some dinosaurs |
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enormous, fierce |
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display place for dinosaurs |
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museum |
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parts of some dinosaurs |
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beak, horn, scales, tail, wings |
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similar to dinosaurs |
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alligator, crocodile, lizard |
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some behaviors of dinosaurs |
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attacking, defending, feeding, hunting, mating |
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things some dinosaurs ate |
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berries, dinosaurs, eggs, fish, leaves, mammals, plants, seeds |
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