BRONTOSAURUS


Meaning of BRONTOSAURUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌbrän-tə-ˈsȯr-əs ]

noun

also bron·to·saur ˈbrän-tə-ˌsȯr

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek brontē thunder + sauros lizard; akin to Greek bremein to roar

Date: 1892

: any of a genus ( Apatosaurus syn. Brontosaurus ) of large sauropod dinosaurs of the Jurassic — called also apatosaurus

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