APATOSAUR

apatosaur, apatosaurus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard, Apatosaurus excelsus

(noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

apatosaur (plural apatosaurs)

A large, herbivorous, gregarious sauropod dinosaur, of the genus Apatosaurus, from Jurassic North America; it had a long neck and tail.

Synonyms

• brontosaurus, brontosaur (according to some scholars)

Source: Wiktionary



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