brontosaurus
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These reptiles were the forerunners of the gargantuan sauropods, the group that included Brachiosaurus and brontosaurus.
Dinosaurs who stuck together, survived together | Kate Baggaley | October 21, 2021 | Popular-ScienceOnce dismissed as just another Apatosaurus, scientists now argue that a large dinosaur deserves its own genus — brontosaurus.
He would not have been surprised to see a brontosaurus peeking coyly down at him from twenty feet or so of neck.
Ralestone Luck | Andre NortonIt was just the sort of place any self-respecting brontosaurus would have wallowed in.
Ralestone Luck | Andre NortonIt appears that at the annual fancy-dress ball all the inhabitants clubbed together and went as a brontosaurus.
Yes—the chinless gentleman with gentle brown and protruding eyes and the expression of a tame brontosaurus.
The Younger Set | Robert W. ChambersThis intelligent animal (believed to be the female of the brontosaurus) was probably seeking a change of headgear.
British Dictionary definitions for brontosaurus
brontosaur (ˈbrɒntəˌsɔː)
/ (ˌbrɒntəˈsɔːrəs) /
any very large herbivorous quadrupedal dinosaur of the genus Apatosaurus, common in North America during Jurassic times, having a long neck and long tail: suborder Sauropoda (sauropods)
Origin of brontosaurus
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Scientific definitions for brontosaurus
[ brŏn′tə-sôr′əs ]
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Cultural definitions for Brontosaurus
[ (bron-tuh-sawr-uhs) ]
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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