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Brontosaurus Palæont.|brɒntəˈsɔːrəs|
[mod.L., f. Gr. βροντή thunder + -o + σαῦρος lizard.]
An extinct genus of dinosaurian reptiles existing on all the continents during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods; also (with lower-case initial), a reptile belonging to this genus.
1879O. C. Marsh in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. & Arts XVIII. 503 Brontosaurus excelsus, gen. et sp. nov. 1905Harper's Mag. Dec. 73 The mighty brontosaurus came striding into camp. 1907Westm. Gaz. 3 Apr. 8/1 A brontosaurus, or a chondrosteosaurus. 1924Public Opinion 28 Mar. 300/3 [The Anglican Church] is going the way of the dinosaurus and the brontosaurus. |