apatosaurn.

Brit.

/əˈpatəsɔː/, U.S.

/əˈpædəˌsɔr/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Apatosaurus.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Apatosaurus Apatosaurus n.: see -saur comb. form.

Palaeontology.

A dinosaur of the genus Apatosaurus or of a closely related genus; also called brontosaur. See Apatosaurus n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [noun] > Sauria > order Saurischia > order Sauropoda > Brontosaurus or diplodocus

Apatosaurus1878

Brontosaurus1879

diplodocus1884

brontosaur1892

apatosaur1895

1895 J. V. Marmery Progress Sci. x. 122 The Ceratosaur was 17 feet, the Megalosaur and the Apatosaur 40, the Diphodocus [sic] and the Cetiosaur 50.

1903 Publ. Field Columbian Mus.: Geol. Ser. 2 170 The Apatosaur specimen is merely a young animal of the form presented in the adult by the Brontosaur specimen.

1972 McGraw-Hill Yearbk. Sci. & Technol. 1971 181/1 Stegosaurus..had shortened forelimbs, a stout tail, and a neural spine pattern like that of apatosaurs.

2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 2 Feb. c17/2 A presentation of fossilized apatosaur trackways from Texas that are millions of years old shows a north-south track alignment.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	apatosaur
释义	apatosaurn. Brit. /əˈpatəsɔː/, U.S. /əˈpædəˌsɔr/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Apatosaurus. Etymology: < scientific Latin Apatosaurus Apatosaurus n.: see -saur comb. form. Palaeontology. A dinosaur of the genus Apatosaurus or of a closely related genus; also called brontosaur. See Apatosaurus n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [noun] > Sauria > order Saurischia > order Sauropoda > Brontosaurus or diplodocus Apatosaurus1878 Brontosaurus1879 diplodocus1884 brontosaur1892 apatosaur1895 1895 J. V. Marmery Progress Sci. x. 122 The Ceratosaur was 17 feet, the Megalosaur and the Apatosaur 40, the Diphodocus [sic] and the Cetiosaur 50. 1903 Publ. Field Columbian Mus.: Geol. Ser. 2 170 The Apatosaur specimen is merely a young animal of the form presented in the adult by the Brontosaur specimen. 1972 McGraw-Hill Yearbk. Sci. & Technol. 1971 181/1 Stegosaurus..had shortened forelimbs, a stout tail, and a neural spine pattern like that of apatosaurs. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 2 Feb. c17/2 A presentation of fossilized apatosaur trackways from Texas that are millions of years old shows a north-south track alignment. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1895
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