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dinors

dinors is the plural of dinor.

Meaning of dinor

Noun

dinor (plural dinors)

  1. A taraxastane from which two methyl groups have been removed.
    • This is the first example of a dinor-carotenoid to be reported.1989, Robert George Ackman, Marine Biogenic Lipids, Fats & Oils - Volume 1
  2. (Pennsylvania, Western) A diner (small restaurant modeled after a dining car) in northwest Pennsylvania.
    • It seems that dinors are unique to northwestern Pennsylvania: Erie's 1958 city directory lists 19 dinors compared to two diners1989, Pittsburgh History, page 111

Questions about dinors

What is dinors the plural of?
Dinors is the plural of dinor.

Words near dinors in the dictionary

  1. dinornithids
  2. dinornithiform
  3. dinornithiforms
  4. dinorphin
  5. dinorphins
  6. dinors
  7. Dinorwig
  8. dinos
  9. dinosaur
  10. dinosaur hunter
  11. dinosaur hunters

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