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名詞

brontosauri

1. plural of brontosaurus
   • 1962, Analog Science Fact & Science Fiction, volume 69, page 165:

     The problem now is not “Why have we found no small brontosauri?” but “What happened to the big ones?” […]

   • 1969, Growth of Population: Consequences and Controls: Proceedings, page 355:

     I, for example, don't miss the brontosaurus very much and get along very well in a world that doesn't have brontosauri, since I've never known one.

   • 1977, Nuclear Power Costs: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, Part 2, page 1064:

     But a little post mortem first may provide information useful to other people who keep brontosauri or other large beasts and who are solicitous or apprehensive about their health.

   • 1982, Fossils Quarterly:

     Other museums throughout the country have also noted the strange heads on their brontosauri and have made the change accordingly.

   • 1987, The Main Debate: Communism Versus Capitalism, Random House, →ISBN, page 287:

     Brontosauri are inconceivable apart from chipmunks, if necessary features follow from every adequate concept.

   • 2006, Estrin, Marc, Golem Song, →ISBN, page 228:

     […] , then galloped around the corner and down the stairs like a herd of brontosauri.