dinosauroid

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A statue depicting a dinosauroid similar to the one originally imagined by Russell.

Etymology

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Blend of dinosaur +‎ humanoid, coined by American-Canadian paleontologist Dale Russell in 1982.

Noun

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dinosauroid (plural dinosauroids)

  1. (science fiction) A hypothetical descendant of troodontid dinosaurs with human-like intelligence and physiology.
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