Brontosaur

2 definitions found

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

  brontosaur \bron`to*saur"\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. bronth` thunder +
     say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.)
     a dinosaur of the genus {Brontosaurus}; an individual may
     also be called a {brontosaurus} or an {apatosaurus}.
     [PJC]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  brontosaur
       n : huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North
           America in the late Jurassic [syn: {apatosaur}, {apatosaurus},
            {brontosaurus}, {thunder lizard}, {Apatosaurus excelsus}]