Definition
Extinct reptiles that dominated Earth for millions of years during the Mesozoic Era, ranging from tiny chicken-sized creatures to the largest land animals ever to exist.
Etymology
From Greek deinos meaning 'terrible' and sauros meaning 'lizard,' coined in 1842 by scientist Richard Owen. The term combines Greek roots to describe these 'terrible lizards,' though dinosaurs were not actually lizards.
Kelly Says
Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for 165 million years—humans have only been around for 300,000 years, so if Earth's history was a 24-hour day, dinosaurs owned it for 23 hours and we've been here for 1 minute!
Translations
ARالعربية
وحوش عصور ما قبل التاريخ
wuhush asr ma qabl al-tarikh
BNবাংলা
ডাইনোসর
dye-no-sor
CACatalà
dinosaure
di-no-soor
CSČeština
dinosaury
din-oh-saury
DADansk
dinosaurer
din-oh-soor-er
DEDeutsch
Dinosaurier
din-zow-RYE-er
ELΕλληνικά
δεινόσαυροι
deh-noh-saw-rooy
ESEspañol
dinosaurios
din-saw-STEE-ohs
FAفارسی
دیناسور
din-a-soor
FISuomi
dinosaurit
din-oh-sa-ree-t
FRFrançais
dinosaure
di-no-sor
GUGU
ડાયનોસોર
day-no-soor
HAHA
dinosaurus
di-no-soor-us
HEעברית
דינוזאורים
di-no-za-oor-im
HIहिन्दी
डायनासोर
dye-na-soor
HUMagyar
dinózok
din-oh-zok
IDBahasa Indonesia
dino
di-no
IGIG
dinosaur
din-oh-soor
ITItaliano
dinosauri
din-oh-SAWR-ee
MRMR
डायनासोर
dye-na-soor
MSBahasa Melayu
dinosaur
din-oh-soor
MYမြန်မာ
ကျောက်ဆစ်
chaw-kye-sit
NLNederlands
dinosaurussen
din-oh-soor-sen
NONorsk
dinosaurer
din-oh-soor-er
PAPA
ਡਾਈਨੋਸਾਅਰ
dye-no-soor
PLPolski
dinozaury
din-oh-zaur-ee
PTPortuguês
dinossauros
din-oh-SAWR-ohs
RORomână
dinozauri
din-oh-zau-ree
RUРусский
динозавры
din-o-zavry
SVSvenska
dinosaurer
din-oh-soor-er
SWKiswahili
dinosaur
din-oh-soor
TAதமிழ்
பாலியோசூர்கள்
paaliyo-soo-rkkal
TEతెలుగు
డైనోసార్లు
da-i-no-saar-lu
THไทย
ไดโนเสาร์
dai-no-saat
TLTL
dinosaur
din-oh-soor
TRTürkçe
dinozorlar
din-oh-zor-lar
UKУкраїнська
динозаври
dino-zavry
URاردو
دائنزور
day-no-soor
VITiếng Việt
khủng long
khungs long
YOYO
dinosaur
din-oh-soor