brontosaurus
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Definition of brontosaurus
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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Any of the genus †Brontosaurus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs with whip-like tails, which lived in present-day United States during the Late Jurassic period.
“Near-synonym: thunder lizard (can denote a brontosaurus or an apatosaurus)”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek roots; by surface analysis, bronto- + -saurus (“thunder lizard”), according to the notion that its massive size must have made its footsteps shake the ground.
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200+ playable · top: BRONTOSAURS (13 pts)
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