Camarasaurus

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Camarasaurus \Cam`a*ra*sau"rus\, n. [NL. fr. Gr. ? a vaulted
     chamber + ? lizard.] (Paleon.)
     A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large
     cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebr[ae].
     [1913 Webster]