Brontosaurus
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- noun
- /ˌbrɒntəˈsɔːrəs/
- Specialized
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Brontosaurus
- Paleontologists discovered new fossils of the Brontosaurus, shedding light on its behavior and habitat.
- herd of Brontosaurus
Another colossus, the Brontosaurus, had femur bones the width of tree trunks, and yet it still didn't scrape the sky.
- Another colossus, the Brontosaurus, had femur bones the width of tree trunks, and yet it still didn't scrape the sky.
- And once you drag the brontosaurus in, she cooked it up.
Examples
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Another colossus, the Brontosaurus, had femur bones the width of tree trunks, and yet it still didn't scrape the sky.
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In the museum, we saw a life-sized model of a Brontosaurus towering above us.
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It's been a long time, Tommy, but... I still have that brontosaurus you gave me.
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By the time we came to the brontosaurus, my husband and I each had an awestruck child in our arms.
Fiction book (1994) -
The next dinosaur giant is brontosaurus, "thunder lizard."
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A great hall bearing the skeleton of a mighty brontosaurus among a myriad of other exotic antiquities.
Fiction book (1997) -
The Brontosaurus was one of the largest dinosaurs, known for its long neck and herbivorous diet.
Synonyms
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A large plant-eating dinosaur with a very long neck and tail that walks on four legs
A large plant-eating dinosaur with a long neck and tail
Surface Forms
Morphology
Brontosaurus = bronto + saurus (semi-transparent) = bronto + saurus
The element '-saurus' signals a dinosaur for many learners, but 'bronto' is not a productive English word and its meaning ('thunder') is not obvious to average learners, so the full literal meaning is only partly recoverable.
Etymology
The word Brontosaurus comes from two Greek parts: bronte meaning 'thunder' and saurus meaning 'lizard'. So the name is 'thunder lizard', which helps you remember a very large, long-necked dinosaur.