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ground-shaker

ground-shaker

9.9
A very large plant-eating dinosaur from western North America that lived long ago
  • noun
  • US
translation icon : seismosaurio
  • The ground-shaker was one of the largest dinosaurs ever.

Examples

  • The fossils of the ground-shaker indicate it was one of the largest land animals to have ever lived.

  • Scientists believe the ground-shaker used its massive tail for defense against predators.

  • A complete skeleton of a ground-shaker was recently discovered in Montana.

  • Did the ground-shaker live in North America?

  • A complete skeleton of a ground-shaker was recently discovered in Montana.

  • Scientists believe the ground-shaker used its massive tail for defense against predators.

  • The fossils of the ground-shaker indicate it was one of the largest land animals to have ever lived.

Synonyms

seismosaur
vsground-shaker
  • Specialized
9.9

A very large dinosaur that ate plants and lived in western North America during the Cretaceous

emphasizes that this dinosaur is exceptionally massive

Surface Forms

ground-shaker singular
ground-shakers plural

Morphology

ground-shaker = ground + shaker (transparent) = ground + shaker

The compound straightforwardly denotes 'something that shakes the ground', so its meaning is directly recoverable from its parts.

Etymology

Ground-shaker is an English word made of ground ('earth') and shaker ('one that shakes'). So it literally means 'one that shakes the ground', a fitting picture for a huge dinosaur whose heavy steps would make the earth shake.