Brontosaurusn.
/ˌbrɒntəˈsɔːrəs/, U.S. /ˌbrɑn(t)əˈsɔrəs/ Palaeontology.
An extinct genus of dinosaurian reptiles existing on all the continents during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods; also (with lower-case initial), a reptile belonging to this genus.
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Brontosaurus1879
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1879 O. C. Marsh in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 118 503 Brontosaurus excelsus, gen. et sp. nov.
1905 Harper's Mag. Dec. 73 The mighty brontosaurus came striding into camp.
1907 Westm. Gaz. 3 Apr. 8/1 A brontosaurus, or a chondrosteosaurus.
1924 Public Opinion 28 Mar. 300/3 [The Anglican Church] is going the way of the dinosaurus and the brontosaurus.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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