n.
Pronunciation: d ə - ' plä-d ə -k ə s, d ī -
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from dipl- + Greek dokos beam, from dekesthai, dechesthai to receive; akin to Latin dec ē re 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