1. a dinosaur; informal short form
Usage: informal; chiefly used in speech and casual writing

Examples

• The kids loved watching the dino movie at the theater.
• My little brother has a collection of plastic dinos.
• That old car is a real dino—it barely runs anymore.
• The museum exhibit featured a huge dino skeleton.
• She named her pet lizard Dino after the Flintstones character.