brachiosaur

[ brey-kee-uh-sawr, brak-ee- ]

noun

1. a huge sauropod dinosaur of the genus Brachiosaurus, having a small head with nostrils on a knob above the eyes, long forelegs, and a sloping, massive body, and reaching a length of about 80 feet (24 meters).

Word History and Origins

Origin of brachiosaur¹

< New Latin Brachiosaurus (1903); brachio-, -saur; so named in allusion to the unusual length of the humerus relative to the femur

Example Sentences

In death, he’s graced with the empathy of E.T. — and when he makes contact with Notaro’s character, the world-weary doctor melts into a state of wonder as dewy as when Sam Neill made goo-goo eyes at a brachiosaur.

From New York Times

They watched elephants to understand the gigantic, long necked brachiosaur, and ostriches for the stampeding Gallimimus.

From BBC

When kids collect dinosaurs, parents, blinded by science, simply shrug when their children yell in the museum, “Look, mom, that allosaurus is eating the brachiosaur’s baby!”

From Time

You can feed a vegetarian brachiosaur, whose movements are graceful, endearing.

From Time

To see the original, uncropped version of the ridiculous brachiosaur reconstruction shown above, go .

From Scientific American