brontosaurus
Origin of brontosaurus
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How to use brontosaurus in a sentence
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) ]
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