What does two halves of the word dinosaur mean and what ancient language do they come from?

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2026-02-10 18:40

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Dinosaur is made up of two Words that come from Greek, the first Word is "deinos", which means "terrible" and the second Word "sauros" which means "lizard" or "reptile". So together dinosaur means "terrible lizard". Though this name is not entirely accurate since dinosaurs are not lizards.

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