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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cam•a•ra•saur (kam′ər ə sôr′),USA pronunciation n. - Paleontologya plant-eating sauropod dinosaur of the genus Camarasaurus and closely related genera, having a small head, long neck, and short forelimbs, and reaching a length of 40 ft. (12.2 m);
until 1981 the type specimen of Brontosaurus excelcus was wrongly reconstructed with a Camarasaurus skull.
- Greek kamára space enclosed by an arch, vault (compare chamber) + -saurus -saur
- Neo-Latin Camarasaurus (1877), irregularly
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