"dino" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdaɪnoʊ/, /ˈdiːnəʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dino.wav Forms: dinos [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪnəʊ, -iːnəʊ Etymology: Clipping of dinosaur. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|dinosaur}} Clipping of dinosaur Head templates: {{en-noun}} dino (plural dinos)
  1. (informal) A dinosaur (type of animal). Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-dino-en-noun-o89ulfTM
  2. (video games, slang) A long-time participant in a multi-user dungeon. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-dino-en-noun-tg3j~fZY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 3 74 5 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 76 3 20 Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dino juice, dinolike, dinomania, dinomaniac, dino oil, dinophile

Inflected forms

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        },
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          "ref": "2021 September 21, Karen Hopkin, “Dinosaurs Lived—and Made Little Dinos—in the Arctic”, in Scientific American:",
          "text": "So far, Druckenmiller and his team have dug up species from seven different dino families: from big duck-billed dinos, ceretopsians, and tyrannosaurs to smaller thescelosaurs, leptoceratops, dromaeosaurs, and troodontids.",
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