[Greek: deinos], we suppose -- that is, "not to be trifled with."— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844
The name, derived from _deinos_ terrible, and— Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections
"dinosaur" was coined in 1842 by British comparative anatomist Richard Owen, from the Greek words deinos meaning "terrible" and sauros meaning "lizard" or
{deinos Erôs, deinos; ti de to pleon, ên palin eipô, kai palin, oimôzôn pollaki, deinos Erôs?}— Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age
Dino is a form of word taken from the Greek, _deinos_ meaning terrible and mighty, from its root _deos_, which means fear.— The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders

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