brontosaurus

n. 雷龙(古生物)

词形变化

brontosauri brontosauruses 复数 brontosauruses brontosauri 复数

别名

bronto

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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)

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

apatosaur apatosaurus brontosaur thunder lizard

上位词 1

sauropod

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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