nondinosaurian
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
non- + dinosaurian
Adjective[edit]
nondinosaurian (not comparable)
- Not dinosaurian.
- 2009 October 9, John Noble Wilford, “Paper Challenges Ideas About ‘Early Bird’ Dinosaur”, in New York Times[1]:
- The bone growth rate, the scientists determined, was unbirdlike but reflected metabolic rates greater than those in nondinosaurian reptiles; that is, they were more warmblooded than coldblooded.