Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dinosaur \Di"no*saur\, Dinosaurian \Di`no*sau"ri*an\, n. [Gr. ?
terrible + ? lizard.] (Paleon.)
One of the Dinosauria. [Written also deinosaur, and
deinosaurian.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dinosaur
n 1: any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the
Mesozoic era
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "dinosaur":
alligator, ammonite, ankylosaur, archaeohippus, archaeotherium,
archelon, arthrodiran, aurochs, bothriolepis, brachiosaur,
brontops, brontothere, coccostean, coelodont, compsognathus,
coryphodon, cotylosaur, creodont, crocodile, crocodilian,
crossopterygian, cynodictis, diatryma, dimetrodon, dinichthyid,
dinothere, diplodocus, duck-billed dinosaur, edaphosaurid,
elasmosaur, elephant, eryopsid, eurypterid, gator, giant sloth,
glyptodont, hadrosaur, hippo, hippopotamus, jumbo, leviathan,
lizard, mammoth, mastodon, monster, palaeodictyopteron,
palaeoniscid, palaeophis, palaeosaur, palaeospondylus, pelycosaur,
phytosaur, plesiosaur, protoceratops, protylopus, pteranodon,
pteraspid, pterichthys, pterodactyl, pterosaur, reptile, reptilian,
saurian, sauropod, scelidosaur, smilodon, terrapin, titanosaur,
tortoise, trachodon, triceratops, trilobite, turtle, tyrannosaur,
uintathere, urus, whale, woolly mammoth
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
dinosaur
n.
1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power. Used
especially of old minis and mainframes, in contrast with newer
microprocessor-based machines. In a famous quote from the 1998 Unix EXPO,
Bill Joy compared the liquid-cooled mainframe in the massive IBM display
with a grazing dinosaur ?with a truck outside pumping its bodily fluids
through it?. IBM was not amused. Compare big iron; see also mainframe.
2. [IBM] A very conservative user; a zipperhead.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
dinosaur
1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power.
Used especially of old minicomputers and mainframes, in
contrast with newer microprocessor-based machines.
In a famous quote from the 1988 Unix EXPO, Bill Joy compared
the liquid-cooled mainframe in the massive IBM display with
a grazing dinosaur "with a truck outside pumping its bodily
fluids through it". IBM was not amused.
Compare big iron; see also dinosaurs mating.
2. [IBM] A very conservative user; a zipperhead.
[Jargon File]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Dinosaur, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000): 319
Housing Units (2000): 156
Land area (2000): 0.795669 sq. miles (2.060772 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.795669 sq. miles (2.060772 sq. km)
FIPS code: 20495
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 40.241560 N, 109.008747 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 81610
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Dinosaur, CO
Dinosaur