dino-

Word Origin

a combining form meaning “terrifying, frightful,” used in the formation of compound words:

dinothere.

Origin

< Greek deino-, combining form of deinós

Related Words

dinoflagellate
dinosaurian
dinothere

dino-a word element meaning 'terrible', as in dinothere.

[Greek deino-, combining form of deinos]

dino-, comb. form|ˈdaɪnəʊ|[Shortened form of dinosaur n.: cf. *dino n.]a. Prefixed to nouns forming chiefly nonce-words relating to dinosaurs, as dinomania (also dino-maniac).1986Times 19 May 5/4 It [sc. a mechanical replica of a pterodactyl] plummeted to earth, much as the flying lizards are thought to have done 65 million years ago... Onlookers quickly called [it] the ‘dinoflop’.1987St. Petersburg (Florida) Times 23 May 1b/4 To some extent, the museum has been hit with Dino-mania. In one viewing room is Dinosaurs—The Video. Near the regular gift shop is the Dino-store.1990Times 3 July 13/6 Homo consumerus took to the cuddly dinosaur with a vengeance, leaving a deposit of inflatable stegosaurs, dinosaur soap, lunch boxes, dino-burgers and robotic dino-roadshows.1991New Scientist 30 Nov. 50/4 Illustrations [of dinosaurs] are of a good standard... Dinomaniacs can have fun trying to identify the various sources of inspiration.1991Discover (U.S.) Mar. 2/2 (caption) New fossil evidence suggests that 130 million years ago Earth was ruled not by thundering stegosaurs and tree-munching brontosaurs but by curious dino-midgets, some no bigger than a pigeon.1993Daily Tel. 10 June 19/2 Dinosaurs are being offered stuffed, painted on lip balm or charging around in Nintendo video games. McDonald's is dishing up dinofries and brontosaurus burgers.b. Special Comb. dinoturbation Palaeontol. and Geol. [-turbation after *bioturbation n., cryoturbation s.v cryo-], the disturbance of layers of sediment by dinosaur trampling; the effects of this process on the formation of sedimentary rock.1980P. Dodson et al. in Paleobiol. VI. 229/1 We believe that trampling by large dinosaurs (‘*dinoturbation’) may have had an impact on both the sediments and remains of the small biota.1986Nature 19 June 732/3 A brontosaur trampled across a collection of living unionid clams in shallow water and preserved them for posterity in the base of the huge footprints, a sedimentological phenomenon termed dinoturbation.1989Sci. Amer. Sept. 133/2 Many sites show dinosaur trampling that is dense enough to disturb the sedimentary layers themselves. There is a name for this process: dinoturbation.

dino-
I.
— see din-
II. combining form
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek dinos rotation, whirling, whirlpool; perhaps akin to Old Irish dīan rapid, Sanskrit dīyati he soars
1. : whirling
< Dinobryon >
2. : whirlpool : eddy
< Dinocapsales >
< Dinophilus >

词汇	dino-
词根词缀	Dictionary.com Macquarie OED Webster dino- Word Origin 1 a combining form meaning “terrifying, frightful,” used in the formation of compound words: dinothere. Origin < Greek deino-, combining form of deinós Related Words dinoflagellate dinosaurian dinothere dino-a word element meaning 'terrible', as in dinothere. [Greek deino-, combining form of deinos] dino-, comb. form\|ˈdaɪnəʊ\|[Shortened form of dinosaur n.: cf. dino n.]a. Prefixed to nouns forming chiefly nonce-words relating to dinosaurs, as dinomania* (also *dino-maniac).1986Times 19 May 5/4 It [sc.* a mechanical replica of a pterodactyl] plummeted to earth, much as the flying lizards are thought to have done 65 million years ago... Onlookers quickly called [it] the ‘dinoflop’.1987St. Petersburg (Florida) Times 23 May 1b/4 To some extent, the museum has been hit with Dino-mania. In one viewing room is Dinosaurs—The Video. Near the regular gift shop is the Dino-store.1990Times 3 July 13/6 Homo consumerus took to the cuddly dinosaur with a vengeance, leaving a deposit of inflatable stegosaurs, dinosaur soap, lunch boxes, dino-burgers and robotic dino-roadshows.1991New Scientist 30 Nov. 50/4 Illustrations [of dinosaurs] are of a good standard... Dinomaniacs can have fun trying to identify the various sources of inspiration.1991Discover (U.S.) Mar. 2/2 (caption) New fossil evidence suggests that 130 million years ago Earth was ruled not by thundering stegosaurs and tree-munching brontosaurs but by curious dino-midgets, some no bigger than a pigeon.1993Daily Tel. 10 June 19/2 Dinosaurs are being offered stuffed, painted on lip balm or charging around in Nintendo video games. McDonald's is dishing up dinofries and brontosaurus burgers.b. Special Comb. dinoturbation Palaeontol. and Geol. [-turbation after bioturbation n., cryoturbation* s.v cryo-], the disturbance of layers of sediment by dinosaur trampling; the effects of this process on the formation of sedimentary rock.1980P. Dodson et al. in Paleobiol. VI. 229/1 We believe that trampling by large dinosaurs (‘dinoturbation’) may have had an impact on both the sediments and remains of the small biota.1986Nature 19 June 732/3 A brontosaur trampled across a collection of living unionid clams in shallow water and preserved them for posterity in the base of the huge footprints, a sedimentological phenomenon termed dinoturbation.1989Sci. Amer. Sept. 133/2 Many sites show dinosaur trampling that is dense enough to disturb the sedimentary layers themselves. There is a name for this process: dinoturbation. dino-* I. — see din- II. combining form Etymology: New Latin, from Greek dinos rotation, whirling, whirlpool; perhaps akin to Old Irish dīan rapid, Sanskrit dīyati he soars 1. : whirling < Dinobryon > 2. : whirlpool : eddy < Dinocapsales > < Dinophilus >
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