DIPLODOCUS


Meaning of DIPLODOCUS in English

də̇ˈplädə̇kəs noun

Etymology: New Latin, from dipl- + -docus (from Greek dokos beam, bar, from dekesthai, dechesthai to take, receive); akin to Latin decēre to be fitting, be proper — more at decent

1. capitalized : a genus of very large herbivorous saurischian dinosaurs (suborder Sauropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Colorado and Wyoming

2. -es : any animal of the genus Diplodocus

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