Is the thesaurus a dinosaur?

A Thesaurus Is Not a Dinosaur! The term “thesaurus” comes from the Greek word “thesauros,” meaning “treasure.” Roget created a reference book that is the opposite of a dictionary. A dictionary is the book to use when you know a word and want to spell it correctly or learn more about it.

What is a synonym for dinosaurs?

Synonyms & Antonyms of dinosaur

• dodo,
• fogy.
• (also fogey),
• fossil,
• old-timer.

What’s the opposite of a dinosaur?

What is the opposite of dinosaur?

diminutive	dwarf
number	Lilliputian
insect	morsel
manikin	gnome
nullity	bantam

What is a true dinosaur?

1 : any of a group (Dinosauria) of extinct, often very large, carnivorous or herbivorous archosaurian reptiles that have the hind limbs extending directly beneath the body and include chiefly terrestrial, bipedal or quadrupedal ornithischians (such as ankylosaurs and stegosaurs) and saurischians (such as sauropods and …

Why do dinosaurs sound like thesaurus?

The reason it sounds like a dinosaur to us is that naturalists in the late 18th & early 19th century tended to classify extinct reptiles with -saurus (‘reptile’) as a suffix–in the same way that they named extinct mammals with -therium (‘beast’) or extinct crocodiles with -suchus (‘crocodile’)–and that became the …

What’s another word for Jurassic?

mesozoic, Mesozoic Era, age of reptiles.

What is the scientific name of dinosaurs?

Dinosauria
Dinosaur/Scientific names

dinosaur, (clade Dinosauria), the common name given to a group of reptiles, often very large, that first appeared roughly 245 million years ago (near the beginning of the Middle Triassic Epoch) and thrived worldwide for nearly 180 million years.

What part of speech is candle?

noun
candle

part of speech:	noun
part of speech:	transitive verb
inflections:	candles, candling, candled
definition:	to check the freshness of an egg by holding it in front of a light.
derivation:	candler (n.)