brontosaurus

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of the genus †Brontosaurus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs with whip-like tails, which lived in present-day United States during the Late Jurassic period.
    — Near-synonym: thunder lizard (can denote a brontosaurus or an apatosaurus)

词形变化

brontosauruses plural brontosauri plural

词源

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek roots; by surface analysis, bronto- + -saurus (“thunder lizard”), according to the notion that its massive size must have made its footsteps shake the ground.
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