Brontosaurus

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

  Brontosaurus \Bron`to*sau"rus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. bronth` thunder
     + say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.)
     A genus of large sauropod American dinosaurs of the jurassic
     era, or an individual of that genus. A length of sixty feet
     is believed to have been attained by these reptiles. The
     genus is also called {Apatosaurus}, and individuals of the
     genus are also called {brontosaurs}.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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