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Brontosaurus  n.  (Paleon.) A genus of large sauropod American dinosaurs of the jurassic era, or an individual of that genus. A length of sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles. The genus is also called Apatosaurus, and individuals of the genus are also called brontosaurs.





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"Brontosaurus" Quotes from Famous Books



... there were people in those days they must have had an anxious time of it!" returned the sage. "No, no, my dear. There was brontosaurus, and atlantosaurus, and hydrosaurus, and iguanodon,—lizards, you know, not like these little black fellows that run about in the pulverized feldspar here, but chaps eighty or a hundred feet long, and twenty or thirty high; and turtles, as big ...
— The Golden Fleece • Julian Hawthorne


Words linked to "Brontosaurus" :   brontosaur, thunder lizard, apatosaurus, genus Brontosaurus, sauropod, apatosaur, sauropod dinosaur, Apatosaurus excelsus, genus Apatosaurus


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