brontosaur

[ bron-tuh-sawr ]

noun

1. a huge sauropod dinosaur of the genus Apatosaurus (formerly Brontosaurus ) and closely related genera, of the Jurassic Period, having a massive body, a small head and long neck, and thick columnar limbs, and ranging up to 77 feet (23.5 meters) in length.

Word History and Origins

Origin of brontosaur¹

brontosaurus

Example Sentences

A third crop of dinosaurs, which includes brontosaurs, stuck to warmer areas.

From Seattle Times

Worse, this rumored dustiness reinforces the widespread notion that natural history museums are about the past — just a place to display bugs and brontosaurs.

From New York Times

Some artists have run with the idea and drawn up depictions of giant feathered brontosaurs.

From The Guardian

Sauropods, often referred to as brontosaurs, included some of the largest plant-eating dinosaurs to have walked on Earth.

From BBC

Mr. Switek and his brontosaur spiritual sidekick take you to dig sites, museums and laboratories to experience the rapid changes in dinosaur paleontology.

From New York Times