diplodocus
/dɪˈplɒdəkəs
/ /ˌdɪplə(ʊ)ˈdəʊkəs /noun
A huge herbivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic period, with a long slender neck and tail.
- Genus Diplodocus, infraorder Sauropoda, order Saurischia.
- The neighbouring Museum of Natural History has the third-largest dinosaur collection in the world, including skeletons of tyrannosaurus rex, diplodocus and stegosaurus.
- They found embedded in solid rock what they believe to be the pelvis of a primitive sauropod, a four-legged, plant-eating dinosaur similar to better-known creatures such as brachiosaurus and diplodocus.
Origin
Modern Latin, from diplo- 'double' + Greek dokos 'wooden beam'.
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