Anachronism
Anachronism noun - Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred.
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Dinosaur and anachronism are semantically related In some cases you can use "Dinosaur" instead a noun "Anachronism".
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Dinosaur
Dinosaur noun - One that has passed the peak of effectiveness or popularity.
Anachronism and dinosaur are semantically related in fuddy-duddy topic. Sometimes you can use "Anachronism" instead a noun "Dinosaur".
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Anachronism Stew: Scar, the carnivorous dinosaur wearing a Triceratops skull as headgear, is an Allosaurus, even though the story is supposedly set in the Cretaceous Period.
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Anachronism Stew: Quite a lot of this in Dinosaur Laser Fight, where they fight with lasers, in space (which was invented by Albert Einstein), with robots and sharks.
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The original movie can be considered relatively accurate for its time (Anachronism Stew aside, and then only for stegosaurs and pelycosaurs), at least as far as dinosaur depictions in popular media are concerned.
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