TITANOSAURIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does titanosaurian mean? 

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

1. amphibious quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur with a long thin neck and whiplike tail; of the Cretaceous mostly in the southern hemisphere

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TITANOSAURIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Amphibious quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur with a long thin neck and whiplike tail; of the Cretaceous mostly in the southern hemisphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

titanosaur; titanosaurian

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "titanosaurian"):

genus Argentinosaurus (enormous dinosaur of the middle Cretaceous found in Argentina)

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

genus Titanosaurus; Titanosaurus (genus of herbivorous dinosaurs flourishing during the Cretaceous in South America)

 Context examples 

Paleontologists have identified a new species of titanosaurian dinosaur.

(Paleontologists discover new species of sauropod dinosaur in Tanzania, National Science Foundation)

The dinosaur's bones exhibit similarities with another titanosaurian, Malawisaurus dixeyi, previously recovered in Malawi.

(Paleontologists discover new species of titanosaurian dinosaur in Tanzania, NSF)

Research at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, sheds the first light on the life of a young Rapetosaurus, a titanosaurian sauropod buried in the Upper Cretaceous Maevarano Formation of Madagascar.

(Newly discovered baby Titanosaur sheds light on dinosaurs' early lives, NSF)

Paleontologists have identified a new species of titanosaurian, a member of the large-bodied sauropods that thrived during the final period of the dinosaur age, in Tanzania.

(Paleontologists discover new species of titanosaurian dinosaur in Tanzania, NSF)

Titanosaurian sauropods, the group that includes Rukwatitan, were herbivorous dinosaurs known for their iconic large body sizes, long necks and wide stance.

(Paleontologists discover new species of titanosaurian dinosaur in Tanzania, NSF)