bra·chi·o·saur·id 
(brā′kē-ə-sôrĭd, brăk′ē-)
(brā′kē-ə-sôrĭd, brăk′ē-)n.
Any of several very large herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs of the family Brachiosauridae of the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods, having a long neck, small head, and front legs longer than the hind legs. Also called brachiosaur.
[From New Latin Brāchiosauridae, family name, from Brāchiosaurus, type genus; see BRACHIOSAURUS.]
bra′chi·o·saurid adj.
- Indo-European root: steig-
- Indo-European root: steigh-
- Indo-European root: stel-
- Indo-European root: (s)tenə-
- Indo-European root: ster-
- Indo-European root: ster-
- Indo-European root: ster-
- Indo-European root: streb(h)-
- Indo-European root: streig-
- Indo-European root: stā-
- Indo-European root: stāi-
- Indo-European root: s(w)e-
- Indo-European root: sweid-
- Indo-European root: s(w)eks
- Indo-European root: swel-
- Indo-European root: swen-
- Indo-European root: swep-
- Indo-European root: swer-
- Indo-European root: swesor-
- Indo-European root: swo-
- Indo-European root: swād-
- Indo-European root: syū-
- Indo-European root: sā-
- Indo-European root: sāg-
- Indo-European root: sāwel-