English-Italian translations for dinosaur

• dinosauro
  Alcuni definiscono l'organizzazione del mercato dello zucchero un dinosauro. Some people also say that the common organisation of the market in sugar is a dinosaur.
  L'onorevole Miller ha avuto il ruolo dell' uomo che cavalca l'ultimo dinosauro, se mi è consentito di esprimermi così. Mr Miller has played the role of the man riding the last dinosaur, if I may put it that way.
  L'industria automobilistica europea non è un né dinosauro né una qualsivoglia specie in estinzione. The automotive industry in Europe is by no means a dinosaur, it is not a species doomed to extinction.

Definition of dinosaur

• In scientific usage, any of the animals belonging to the clade Dinosauria, especially those that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct.
• In non-scientific usage, any non-avian dinosaur
• A person or organisation that is very old, has very old-fashioned views, or is not willing to change and adapt

Related words

• dinosaurus
• dinosauromorph
• dinosauriform
• dinosaurology
• duck-billed dinosaur
• nonavian dinosaur