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Dinosaur

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means any of a group of extinct reptiles that dominated the Earth in the Mesozoic era
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Stage 1 of 2
deinos + sauros
Greek · ancient
"terrible lizard"
combining "deinos" (terrible) and "sauros" (lizard)
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Stage 2 of 2
dinosaur
English · 1842
"an extinct reptile"
coined by paleontologist Richard Owen from the Greek roots
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