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語源

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.

名詞

brontosaurus (plural brontosauruses or brontosauri)

1. Any member of the genus †Brontosaurus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs with whip-like tails, which lived in present-day United States during the Late Jurassic period.

   Synonym: brontosaur

   Hypernyms: (taxonomically) sauropod < dinosaur < reptile < vertebrate < animal < organism; (otherwise) creature

   Coordinate terms: (especially famous sauropods) brachiosaurus, diplodocus, apatosaurus; (all other fellow sauropods) more at list of sauropods

   Near-synonym: thunder lizard (can denote a brontosaurus or an apatosaurus)