dinosaur

any extinct terrestrial reptile of the orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, many of which were of gigantic size and abundant in the Mesozoic era

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What does it mean when you dream about dinosaurs?

In a dream, any creature can symbolize the animal self. As a long-extinct creature, a dinosaur can represent the sense that, at some level, we are the products of a very ancient process.

dinosaur

[′dī·nə‚sȯr]

(paleontology)

The name, meaning terrible lizard, applied to the fossil bones of certain large, ancient bipedal and quadripedal reptiles placed in the orders Saurischia and Ornithischia.

dinosaur

dinosaurs died out, unable to adapt to environmental change. [Ecology: Hammond, 290]

See: Extinction

dinosaur

(1)

Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power. Used especially of old minicomputers and mainframes, in contrast with newer microprocessor-based machines.

In a famous quote from the 1988 Unix EXPO, Bill Joy compared the liquid-cooled mainframe in the massive IBM display with a grazing dinosaur "with a truck outside pumping its bodily fluids through it". IBM was not amused.

Compare big iron; see also dinosaurs mating.

dinosaur

(2)

[IBM] A very conservative user; a zipperhead.

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Dinosaurs

(dreams)

Dinosaurs are always fascinating, sometimes lovable, mostly dangerous, and they are alive only in our imaginations. Consider all of the details of the dream and try to tie these ideas to some aspect of your life. The dinosaur, whether you have given it a positive or negative connotation, represents something from your past or an aspect of your personality that you have altered over time. Dinosaurs may represent old issues that have not been properly addressed and that continue to have the power to affect your life in the present.