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diplodocus|dɪˈplɒdəkəs, ˌdɪpləʊˈdəʊkəs|
[mod.L. (O. C. Marsh 1878, in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 3rd Ser. XVI. 414), f. Gr. διπλό-ος double + δοκός a beam.]
An individual of the extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs of the order Sauropoda, of which remains have been found in the Upper Jurassic of western North America. Also allusively.
1884Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 3rd Ser. XXVII. 161 The skull of Diplodocus is of moderate size. 1890Guide Exhib. Gall. Dept. Geol. & Palæontol. Brit. Mus. (N.H.) ii. 9 The Diplodocus, an animal intermediate in size between Atlantosaurus and Morosaurus. 1905E. R. Lankester Extinct Animals v. 204 Mr. Andrew Carnegie has presented to the Natural History Museum a complete reconstruction of the skeleton of a closely allied Dinosaur—the Diplodocus—which was excavated in Wyoming. 1905Westm. Gaz. 6 July 2/1 Divo Pietro Aretino, the heroic literary blackguard, the diplodocus of the reptile press. 1927Haldane & Huxley Anim. Biol. xi. 242 Diplodocus (herbivorous, gigantic, and semi-aquatic). 1928G. B. Shaw Intell. Woman's Guide Socialism xlii. 162 Adam Smith's eighteen men are as extinct as the diplodocus. 1962E. H. Colbert Dinosaurs vi. 111 In the long, attenuated sauropod Diplodocus, from western North America, the nostrils are on the very top of the skull. |