Dinosaurs
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Dinosaur | one of various extinct reptiles that lived approximately 100 million years ago and included the largest land creatures |
| Extinct | No longer existing as an animal species |
| fossil | the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil |
| herbivore | any animal that feeds on plants |
| paleontology | study of life in past geologic periods through examination of animals and plant fossils |
| predator | an animal that eats the flesh of others |
| prehistoric | of or relating to times before written history |
| skeleton | the inner framework of bones and cartilage in vertebrate animals which support and protects the softer body parts |
| prey | the object of a hunt or pursuit , one animal caught and eaten by another |
| carnivore | a flesh eating animal, a meat eating mammal a plant that eats insects |
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