DIPLODOCUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diplodocus mean? 

• DIPLODOCUS (noun)
  The noun DIPLODOCUS has 1 sense:

1. a huge quadrupedal herbivore with long neck and tail; of late Jurassic in western North America

  Familiarity information: DIPLODOCUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIPLODOCUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A huge quadrupedal herbivore with long neck and tail; of late Jurassic in western North America

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("diplodocus" is a kind of...):

dinosaur (any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era)

Holonyms ("diplodocus" is a member of...):

genus Diplodocus (a reptile genus of the suborder Sauropoda)