genus brontosaurus

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   large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaurs with very long neck and tail; late Jurassic

   Synonymsgenus Apatosaurus

   Broaderreptile genus

   Part ofSauropoda

Questions about genus brontosaurus

What does genus brontosaurus mean?

genus brontosaurus means "large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaurs with very long neck and tail; late Jurassic".

What is another word for genus brontosaurus?

Close synonyms include genus Apatosaurus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus brontosaurus a common word?

genus brontosaurus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.