A dinosaur was a prehistoric lizard.Dinosaur was a reptile. The word Dinosaur, derived from the Greek word "deinos", meaning "marvelous" or "terrible", and "sauros", meaning "lizard".
Yes, the Greek root word "dino" means "terrible" or "fearfully great," not specifically "lizard." The term "dinosaur" comes from the Greek words "deinos" (meaning terrible) and "sauros" (meaning lizard).
Dinosaur = greek, deinos; terrible; sauros; lizard/reptile. Hence, dinosaur translates from Greek as: Terrible lizards.
The root of the word "dinosaur" comes from the Greek words "deinos" meaning "terrible" or "fearfully great" and "sauros" meaning "lizard." Together, they describe the large prehistoric reptiles known for their size and dominance.
The word "dinosaur" comes from the Greek words "deinos," meaning "terrible" or "fearfully great," and "sauros," meaning "lizard" or "reptile."
Dinosaur translates to "terrible lizard."
The word "saurus" comes from the Greek σαῦρος(sauros) and means "lizard". Dinosaur literally means "terrible lizard"
It comes from a term in Greek called Dinosauria which means 'terrible lizard'
Dinosaur(*) is a greek word and it comes from the words δεινός (dinos) which means big and terrific and σαύρα(savra) which means lizard and the word is "δεινόσαυρος"(dinosavros)
δεινός [deinos] σαύρος [sauros]
"Sauro" is Greek for "lizard"; hence comes the popular word "dynosaur", literally, "terrible lizard".
T. rex is short for Tyrannosaurus rex. The name is Latin for tyrant lizard king.