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dinophilia

dinophilia noun: the obsession or love of dinosaurs (animals of the clade Dinosauria).

Noun

dinophilia (uncountable)

  1. The obsession or love of dinosaurs (animals of the clade Dinosauria).
    • Robert Bakker, I believe. The main theory is presented in "The Hot Blooded Dinosaurs", which isn't actually by Bakker. Can't remember tha author offhand, but can find out if anyone's interested. This book was reprinted recently in the light of dinophilia, and is worth a read if you're interested in...1993 June 16, Pete Clinch, “Jurassic Park”, in bit.listserv.cinema-l (Usenet)
    • Most people get the dino bug as kids. And get over it. But Larry League was a teacher in his forties when he was struck down with dinophilia: Dinosaurs were not the "in" thing when I was a child... I've collected rocks, minerals and fossils all my life, but there were few dinosaur remains in Kansas...2007, Michelle Lovric, Cowgirls, Cockroaches and Celebrity Lingerie: The World's Most Unusual Museums, Icon Books, page 219

Examples of dinophilia in a sentence

  • This book was reprinted recently in the light of dinophilia, and is worth a read if you're interested in the field.1993 June 16, Pete Clinch, “Jurassic Park”, in bit.listserv.cinema-l (Usenet):
  • But Larry League was a teacher in his forties when he was struck down with dinophilia: Dinosaurs were not the "in" thing when I was a child...2007, Michelle Lovric, Cowgirls, Cockroaches and Celebrity Lingerie: The World's Most Unusual Museums, Icon Books, page 219:
  • People assume that with all this dinophilia, and with all the money spent on dinosaur paraphernalia, paleontology must be rolling in dough.2009 August 18, bibibibi, “:(((”, in hun.politika (Usenet):

Origin of dinophilia

From dino + -philia.

Questions about dinophilia

What does dinophilia mean?
Dinophilia means the obsession or love of dinosaurs (animals of the clade Dinosauria).
How do you use dinophilia in a sentence?
This book was reprinted recently in the light of dinophilia, and is worth a read if you're interested in the field.
What part of speech is dinophilia?
Dinophilia is a noun.

Words near dinophilia in the dictionary

  1. dinonyl
  2. dinonylamine
  3. dinopenton
  4. dinophile
  5. dinophiles
  6. dinophilia
  7. dinophycean
  8. dinophyceans
  9. dinophysioid
  10. dinophysioids
  11. dinophysistoxin

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