Dinosaur

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

dinosaur
    n 1: any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the
         Mesozoic era

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dinosaur \Di"no*saur\, Dinosaurian \Di`no*sau"ri*an\, n. [Gr. ?
   terrible + ? lizard.] (Paleon.)
   One of the Dinosauria. [Written also {deinosaur}, and
   {deinosaurian}.]
   [1913 Webster]

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

dinosaur
 n.

   1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power. Used
   especially of old minis and mainframes, in contrast with newer
   microprocessor-based machines. In a famous quote from the 1998 Unix
   EXPO, Bill Joy compared the liquid-cooled mainframe in the massive IBM
   display with a grazing dinosaur "with a truck outside pumping its
   bodily fluids through it". IBM was not amused. Compare {big iron}; see
   also {mainframe}.

   2. [IBM] A very conservative user; a {zipperhead}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

dinosaur

   1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power.
   Used especially of old {minicomputers} and {mainframes}, in
   contrast with newer {microprocessor}-based machines.

   In a famous quote from the 1988 Unix EXPO, {Bill Joy} compared
   the liquid-cooled mainframe in the massive {IBM} display with
   a grazing dinosaur "with a truck outside pumping its bodily
   fluids through it".  IBM was not amused.

   Compare {big iron}; see also {dinosaurs mating}.

   2. [IBM] A very conservative user; a {zipperhead}.

   [{Jargon File}]

from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

Dinosaur, CO (town, FIPS 20495)
  Location: 40.24156 N, 109.00804 W
  Population (1990): 324 (157 housing units)
  Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 81610

from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Dinosaur, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
   Population (2000):    319
   Housing Units (2000): 156
   Land area (2000):     0.795669 sq. miles (2.060772 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.795669 sq. miles (2.060772 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            20495
   Located within:       Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
   Location:             40.241560 N, 109.008747 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     81610
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Dinosaur, CO
    Dinosaur

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

78 Moby Thesaurus words for "dinosaur":
      alligator, ammonite, ankylosaur, archaeohippus, archaeotherium,
      archelon, arthrodiran, aurochs, bothriolepis, brachiosaur,
      brontops, brontothere, coccostean, coelodont, compsognathus,
      coryphodon, cotylosaur, creodont, crocodile, crocodilian,
      crossopterygian, cynodictis, diatryma, dimetrodon, dinichthyid,
      dinothere, diplodocus, duck-billed dinosaur, edaphosaurid,
      elasmosaur, elephant, eryopsid, eurypterid, gator, giant sloth,
      glyptodont, hadrosaur, hippo, hippopotamus, jumbo, leviathan,
      lizard, mammoth, mastodon, monster, palaeodictyopteron,
      palaeoniscid, palaeophis, palaeosaur, palaeospondylus, pelycosaur,
      phytosaur, plesiosaur, protoceratops, protylopus, pteranodon,
      pteraspid, pterichthys, pterodactyl, pterosaur, reptile, reptilian,
      saurian, sauropod, scelidosaur, smilodon, terrapin, titanosaur,
      tortoise, trachodon, triceratops, trilobite, turtle, tyrannosaur,
      uintathere, urus, whale, woolly mammoth

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