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[syn: apatosaur, apatosaurus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard, Apatosaurus excelsus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
brontosaur \bron`to*saur"\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. bronth` thunder +
say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.)
a dinosaur of the genus Brontosaurus; an individual may
also be called a brontosaurus or an apatosaurus.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Brontosaurus \Bron`to*sau"rus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. bronth` thunder
+ say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.)
A genus of large sauropod American dinosaurs of the jurassic
era, or an individual of that genus. A length of sixty feet
is believed to have been attained by these reptiles. The
genus is also called Apatosaurus, and individuals of the
genus are also called brontosaurs.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
brontosaurus
n 1: huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North
America in the late Jurassic [syn: apatosaur,
apatosaurus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder
lizard, Apatosaurus excelsus]