Dinosaur in Greek means ____________.

Beautiful Dragon

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Terrible Dragon

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Terrible Lizard

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Solution

The correct option is B Terrible Lizard
The word dinosaur really does not mean “terrible-lizard.” Actually, it was originally defined to mean “fearfully-great lizard” by Richard Owen in 1842. The Greek word deinos, when used as a superlative, means “fearfully-great,” as used by Homer in The Iliad.

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