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-o-saurus

-o-saurus suffix: forms names for real or imaginary dinosaurs; see -saurus.

Suffix

-o-saurus (plural -o-sauruses)

  1. (humorous) Forms names for real or imaginary dinosaurs; see -saurus.
    • Finally, I got on a Subwaysaurus and took a seat [...] Then I looked for my ticket, a piece of ear that the ticket-o-saurus had nibbled on when I came in, to prove that I had paid.2020, Elisabetta Dami, Geronimo Stilton Cave Mice: The Great Mouse Race, page 30
    • “Nice job, superfreak,” Garwin Chang—a boy wearing a T-shirt that said BACK OFF! I’M GONNA FART—sneered as he shoved past her to join their classmates. “Maybe they'll write another article about you. ‘Child Prodigy Teaches Class About the -o-saurus.”2021, Shannon Messenger, chapter 1, in Keeper of Lost Cities, page 7

Forms of -o-saurus

plural-o-sauruses
alternative form-a-saurus

Questions about -o-saurus

What does -o-saurus mean?
-o-saurus means forms names for real or imaginary dinosaurs; see -saurus.
What part of speech is -o-saurus?
-o-saurus is a suffix.

Words near -o-saurus in the dictionary

  1. -o
  2. -o-
  3. -o-matic
  4. -o-meter
  5. -o-rama
  6. -o-saurus
  7. -oan
  8. -oate
  9. -obe
  10. -ock
  11. -ocracy

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