brontosaurus

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Definition of brontosaurus

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noun

  1. 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)”

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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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