The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DINOSAUR
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More clues leading to the result DINOSAUR
- Old fogy making fresh inroads around university
- Shape is round about a square
- Modified, round is a square
- Person wedded to the past is around, unfortunately
- One considered out of date is around after broadcast
- Creature is around, is around and is around no more?
- A university engaged by work of Rodin’s, a relic from the past?
- One of the oldest animals around is evolving
- Is around? That’s odd, as it disappeared a long time ago
- Old creature is around? Wrong
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What does DINOSAUR mean?
DINOSAUR noun- In scientific usage, any of the animals belonging to the clade Dinosauria, especially those that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct.
- In non-scientific usage, any non-avian dinosaur.
- Any extinct reptile, not necessarily belonging to Dinosauria, that existed between about 230 million and 65 million years ago.
- A person or organisation that is very old, has very old-fashioned views, or is not willing to change and adapt.
- Anything no longer in common use or practice.