brontosaurus
/ˌbrɒntəˈsɔːrəs
/(also brontosaur /ˈbrɒntəsɔː/)
noun
Former term for apatosaurus.It must have been a truly awesome sight to watch a herd of brontosaurs crossing a Mesozoic floodplain; evoking the same sense of awe, and puniness in one's own being in comparison, as one would feel when observing whales close up....
- Many paleontologists argue that brontosaurs and other huge dinos really didn't lumber and weren't stupid.
- He had a brain in him the size of a bloated brontosaurus, but unfortunately he had a temper to match.
Origin
Modern Latin (former genus name), from Greek brontē 'thunder' + sauros 'lizard'.