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BRONTOSAURUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic
Synonyms:
apatosaur; apatosaurus; Apatosaurus excelsus; brontosaur; brontosaurus; thunder lizard
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("brontosaurus" is a kind of...):
sauropod; 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 animal)
Holonyms ("brontosaurus" is a member of...):
genus Apatosaurus; genus Brontosaurus (large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaurs with very long neck and tail; late Jurassic)
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