DIPLODOCUS


Meaning of DIPLODOCUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ də-ˈplä-də-kəs, dī- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from dipl- + Greek dokos beam, from dekesthai, dechesthai to receive; akin to Latin decēre to be fitting — more at decent

Date: 1884

: any of a genus ( Diplodocus ) of large herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs of the late Jurassic known from remains found in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and Utah

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