brontosaur

bron·to·saur·us

B5514800 (brŏn′tə-sôr′əs) or bron·to·saur (brŏn′tə-sôr′)n. An apatosaurus.

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[New Latin Brontosaurus, former genus name : Greek brontē, thunder + Greek sauros, lizard.]

bron•to•saur

(ˈbrɒn təˌsɔr)

n. 1. a huge sauropod dinosaur of the Jurassic genus Apatosaurus (formerly Brontosaurus), having a long, flexible neck and thick limbs. 2. any sauropod. [< New Latin Brontosaurus (1879) = Greek bronto-, comb. form of brontḗ thunder + saûros -saur]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

brontosaur - huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassicapatosaur, apatosaurus, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaurus, thunder lizardsauropod, sauropod dinosaur - very large herbivorous dinosaur of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a small head a long neck and tail and five-toed limbs; largest known land animalgenus Apatosaurus, genus Brontosaurus - large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaurs with very long neck and tail; late Jurassic

Translations

apatosauriobrontosaurio