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seismosaur

seismosaur

9.9
A very large dinosaur that ate plants and lived in western North America during the Cretaceous
  • noun
  • /ˈsaɪzməˌsɔr/
  • Specialized
translation icon : seismosaurio
  • Fossils of the seismosaur were discovered in New Mexico, exciting paleontologists worldwide.

Examples

  • The seismosaur was one of the longest land animals to have ever lived.

  • Children are often amazed by the sheer size of a seismosaur at the natural history museum.

  • The seismosaur was one of the largest dinosaurs to ever roam the Earth.

  • Did you know that a seismosaur could grow up to 100 feet long?

  • Children are often amazed by the sheer size of a seismosaur at the natural history museum.

  • Fossils of the seismosaur were discovered in New Mexico, exciting paleontologists worldwide.

  • The seismosaur was one of the longest land animals to have ever lived.

Synonyms

ground-shaker
vsseismosaur
  • US
9.9

A very large plant-eating dinosaur from western North America that lived long ago

is a general description that does not stress exceptional mass

Surface Forms

seismosaur singular
seismosauruses plural

Morphology

seismosaur = seism (opaque) = seism + saur

The word is a scientific coinage from classical combining forms; these elements are not productive standalone English morphemes for an average learner, so the meaning is not transparently derivable.

Etymology

Seismosaur comes from Greek parts seismo- meaning 'earthquake' and -saur meaning 'lizard', as in seismic and dinosaur, so it literally means an 'earthquake lizard'. That's why a seismosaur is seen as a very huge dinosaur that could shake the ground.