BRONTOSAUR Definition & Meaning

brontosaur

[ bron-tuh-sawr ]

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noun

a huge sauropod dinosaur of the genus Apatosaurus (formerly Brontosaurus ) and closely related genera, of the Jurassic Period, having a massive body, a small head and long neck, and thick columnar limbs, and ranging up to 77 feet (23.5 meters) in length.

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Origin of brontosaur¹

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A third crop of dinosaurs, which includes brontosaurs, stuck to warmer areas.

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Worse, this rumored dustiness reinforces the widespread notion that natural history museums are about the past — just a place to display bugs and brontosaurs.

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Some artists have run with the idea and drawn up depictions of giant feathered brontosaurs.

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Sauropods, often referred to as brontosaurs, included some of the largest plant-eating dinosaurs to have walked on Earth.

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Mr. Switek and his brontosaur spiritual sidekick take you to dig sites, museums and laboratories to experience the rapid changes in dinosaur paleontology.

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