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brontosaurus

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bron=to=sau=rus

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun brontosaurus has 1 sense

brontosaurus(n = noun.animal) apatosaur, apatosaurus, apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaur, thunder lizard - huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic; Array

is a kind of sauropod, sauropod dinosaur

is a member of genus apatosaurus, genus brontosaurus

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CIDE DICTIONARY

brontosaurus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. bronth` thunder + say^ros lizard.].

A genus of large sauropod American dinosaurs of the jurassic era, or an individual of that genus. A length of sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles. The genus is also called Apatosaurus, and individuals of the genus are also called brontosaurs. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

brontosaurus, n. (also brontosaur) a large plant-eating dinosaur of the genus Brontosaurus, with a long whiplike tail and trunk-like legs.

Etymology

Gk bronte thunder + sauros lizard

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