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
brontosaurus (plural brontosauruses or brontosauri)
One of the largest land animals to ever walk the earth; a Brontosaurus.
• brontosaur, thunder lizard
Source: Wiktionary
Bron`to*sau"rus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)
Definition: A genus of American jurassic dinosaurs. A length of sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
