n. One of the largest land animals to ever walk the earth; an apatosaurus.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A genus of large sauropod American dinosaurs of the jurassic era, or an individual of that genus. A length of sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles. The genus is also called Apatosaurus, and individuals of the genus are also called brontosaurs.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A genus of huge fossil dinosaurian reptiles, notable for their small head and diminutive brain-cavity, the whole skull not exceeding some of the neck-bones in size. One species was about 50 feet long, and probably weighed 20 tons or more.
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n. huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic
Word Usage
"The name brontosaurus is not correct as the animal formerly called that turned out to be actually an apatosaurus with the head of a camarasaurus."