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GENUS BRONTOSAURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Brontosaurus mean? 

GENUS BRONTOSAURUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS BRONTOSAURUS has 1 sense:

1. large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaurs with very long neck and tail; late Jurassicplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS BRONTOSAURUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS BRONTOSAURUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Apatosaurus; genus Brontosaurus

Hypernyms ("genus Brontosaurus" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Brontosaurus"):

apatosaur; apatosaurus; Apatosaurus excelsus; brontosaur; brontosaurus; thunder lizard (huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic)

Holonyms ("genus Brontosaurus" is a member of...):

Sauropoda; suborder Sauropoda (any of the sauropod dinosaurs)


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