Definition of brontosaurus in English:

brontosaurus

(also brontosaur)

nounˌbrɒntəˈsɔːrəs

former term for apatosaurus
Example sentencesExamples
- In them are the bones of hundreds of dinosaurs, including skeletons of giant brontosaurs which were mired in soft mud.
- A bunch of moss-munching brontosauruses standing together looking up in the sky, as a giant, earth-shattering meteor comes hurling down from the heavens.
- Many paleontologists argue that brontosaurs and other huge dinos really didn't lumber and weren't stupid.
- It must have been a truly awesome sight to watch a herd of brontosaurs crossing a Mesozoic floodplain; evoking the same sense of awe, and puniness in one's own being in comparison, as one would feel when observing whales close up.
- He had a brain in him the size of a bloated brontosaurus, but unfortunately he had a temper to match.

Origin

Modern Latin (former genus name), from Greek brontē 'thunder' + sauros 'lizard'.

Rhymes

brachiosaurus, canorous, chorus, Epidaurus, giganotosaurus, Horus, megalosaurus, pelorus, porous, sorus, stegosaurus, Taurus, thesaurus, torus, tyrannosaurus

词汇	brontosaurus
释义	Definition of brontosaurus in English: brontosaurus (also brontosaur) nounˌbrɒntəˈsɔːrəs former term for apatosaurus Example sentencesExamples In them are the bones of hundreds of dinosaurs, including skeletons of giant brontosaurs which were mired in soft mud. A bunch of moss-munching brontosauruses standing together looking up in the sky, as a giant, earth-shattering meteor comes hurling down from the heavens. Many paleontologists argue that brontosaurs and other huge dinos really didn't lumber and weren't stupid. It must have been a truly awesome sight to watch a herd of brontosaurs crossing a Mesozoic floodplain; evoking the same sense of awe, and puniness in one's own being in comparison, as one would feel when observing whales close up. He had a brain in him the size of a bloated brontosaurus, but unfortunately he had a temper to match. Origin Modern Latin (former genus name), from Greek brontē 'thunder' + sauros 'lizard'. Rhymes brachiosaurus, canorous, chorus, Epidaurus, giganotosaurus, Horus, megalosaurus, pelorus, porous, sorus, stegosaurus, Taurus, thesaurus, torus, tyrannosaurus
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