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brontosaurus
bron·to·saur·us B5514800 (brŏn′tə-sôr′əs) or bron·to·saur (brŏn′tə-sôr′)n. An apatosaurus.
[New Latin Brontosaurus, former genus name : Greek brontē, thunder + Greek sauros, lizard.]brontosaurus (ˌbrɒntəˈsɔːrəs) or brontosaurn (Animals) 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)[C19: from New Latin, from Greek brontē thunder + sauros lizard]bron•to•sau•rus (ˌbrɒn təˈsɔr əs)
n., pl. -sau•rus•es, -sau•ri (-ˈsɔr aɪ) brontosaur (def. 1). bron·to·sau·rus (brŏn′tə-sôr′əs) or bron·to·saur (brŏn′tə-sôr′) An earlier name for apatosaurus.Word History Take a little deception, add a little excitement, stir them with a century-long mistake, and you have the mystery of the brontosaurus. Specifically, you have the mystery of its name. For 100 years this 70-foot-long, 30-ton vegetarian giant had two names. This case of double identity began in 1877, when bones of a large dinosaur were discovered. The creature was dubbed apatosaurus, a name that meant "deceptive lizard" or "unreal lizard." Two years later, bones of a larger dinosaur were found, and in all the excitement, scientists named it brontosaurus or "thunder lizard." This name stuck until scientists decided it was all a mistake—the two sets of bones actually belonged to the same type of dinosaur. Since it is a rule in taxonomy that the first name given to a newly discovered organism is the one that must be used, scientists have had to use the term apatosaurus. But "thunder lizard" had found a lot of popular appeal, and many people still prefer to call the beast brontosaurus.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  brontosaurus - huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassicapatosaur, apatosaurus, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaur, thunder lizardsauropod, sauropod dinosaur - very large herbivorous dinosaur of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a small head a long neck and tail and five-toed limbs; largest known land animalgenus Apatosaurus, genus Brontosaurus - large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaurs with very long neck and tail; late Jurassic |
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brontosaurus
Brontosaurus: see ApatosaurusApatosaurus
, [Gr.,=deceptive lizard], quadruped saurischian dinosaur, estimated to be from 70 to 90 ft (21 to 27 m) in length and to weigh up to 30 tons (27 metric tons). The similar dinosaur formerly called Brontosaurus [Gr.
..... Click the link for more information. .Brontosaurus[‚brän·tə′sȯr·əs] (paleontology) Apatosaurus brontosaurus, brontosaur 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) brontosaurus
Synonyms for brontosaurusnoun huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late JurassicSynonyms- apatosaur
- apatosaurus
- Apatosaurus excelsus
- brontosaur
- thunder lizard
Related Words- sauropod
- sauropod dinosaur
- genus Apatosaurus
- genus Brontosaurus
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