apatosaurus

Scientific  

/ ə-păt′ə-sôr′əs /

1. A very large sauropod dinosaur of the genus Apatosaurus (or Brontosaurus) of the late Jurassic Period. Apatosaurs had a long neck and tail and a relatively small head.

2. See Note at brontosaurus

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Example Sentences

The ranks of sauropods include brontosaurus, brachiosaurus and apatosaurus, and possessed long tails and matching necks, trunk-like legs, and small heads compared to the rest of their bodies.

From Salon

Their long-necked group included apatosaurus, brontosaurus, camarasaurus and the even more massive titanosaurs, whose leg bones were longer than a person is tall.

From Washington Post

He wept at the death of an apatosaurus, but understood how dinosaurs only rampaged because of how we treated them.

From The Guardian

Scientists believe it belonged to an apatosaurus louisae, which would make it the fourth such specimen ever found and the only one with vertebrae still attached.

From Washington Times

You asked for an animatronic apatosaurus and—like the Marvel Civil War, or Yoda swinging a light sabre—you got it.

From The New Yorker