dinosaur

Any animal has lived in Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and is now extinct

dīnosaurus, dīnosaurī, m

Noun [Cite]

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /diː.noˈsau̯.rus/, [d̪iːnɔˈs̠äu̯rʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di.noˈsau̯.rus/, [d̪inoˈs̬äːu̯rus]

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Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dīnosaurus	dīnosaurī
Genitive	dīnosaurī	dīnosaurōrum
Dative	dīnosaurō	dīnosaurīs
Accusative	dīnosaurum	dīnosaurōs
Ablative	dīnosaurō	dīnosaurīs
Vocative	dīnosaure	dīnosaurī

Note:

Colloquially, only members of the clade Dinosauria who are not birds are called dinosaurs.

References:

• "dinosaurus". In: Wiktionary, Wikimedia Foundation, visited on 25.02.2023
• "dinosaurus". In: Vicipaedia, Wikimedia Foundation, visited on 25.02.2023‎

(Scientific) taxonomic superorder

dīnosauria, dīnosauriōrum, n pl.

Noun [Cite]

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /diː.noˈsau̯.ri.a/, [d̪iːnɔˈs̠äu̯riä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di.noˈsau̯.ri.a/, [d̪inoˈs̬äːu̯riä]

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Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	dīnosauria
Genitive	dīnosauriōrum
Dative	dīnosauriīs
Accusative	dīnosauria
Ablative	dīnosauriīs
Vocative	dīnosauria

References:

• "Dinosaurus". In: Wiktionary, Wikimedia Foundation, visited on 25.02.2023
• "dinosauria". In: Vicipaedia, Wikimedia Foundation, visited on 25.02.2023‎