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Apatosaurus

A large sauropod dinosaur of the genus Apatosaurus of the late Jurassic Period. Apatosaurs had a long neck and tail and a relatively small head.

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A large sauropod dinosaur of the genus Apatosaurus of the late Jurassic Period. Apatosaurs had a long neck and tail and a relatively small head.

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Word	Definition
brontosaurusnoun	One of the largest land animals to ever walk the earth; a Brontosaurus.
brontosaurnoun	Any member of the genus Brontosaurus.
apatosaurnoun	A large, herbivorous, gregarious sauropod dinosaur, of the genus Apatosaurus, from Jurassic North America; it had a long neck and tail.
thunder lizardnoun	(informal) The apatosaurus or brontosaurus.
apatosaurus excelsusnoun	huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in north america in the late jurassic

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Apatosaurus"

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Word	Definition
apatosaurnoun	A large, herbivorous, gregarious sauropod dinosaur, of the genus Apatosaurus, from Jurassic North America; it had a long neck and tail.
brontosaurusnoun	One of the largest land animals to ever walk the earth; a Brontosaurus.
thunder lizardnoun	(informal) The apatosaurus or brontosaurus.
brontosaurnoun	Any member of the genus Brontosaurus.
apatosaurus excelsusnoun	huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in north america in the late jurassic
apatosaurinenoun	Any sauropod of the subfamily †Apatosaurinae
longnecknoun	A type of beer bottle with a long neck.
sauropodnoun	A member of the Sauropoda suborder of dinosaurs
ankylosaurusnoun	A large herbivorous dinosaur, of genus Ankylosaurus, that lived in the Cretaceous period, noted for its heavy armor and club-like tail.
brachiosaurusnoun	A large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur, Brachiosaurus altithorax, which lived during the Late Jurassic in North America.
prosauropodnoun	Any member of the Prosauropoda, a group of early herbivorous dinosaurs with a long neck and small head, forelimbs shorter than the hindlimbs, and a very large thumb claw for defense.
spinosaurusnoun	A large, extinct, carnivorous dinosaur of genus †Spinosaurus, with a long snout like that of a crocodile and with a sail on its back. It is considered to be the largest theropod dinosaur.
allosaurusnoun	A large, carnivorous dinosaur, of genus Allosaurus, that lived in the Jurassic period.
sauropodomorphnoun	Any of the long-necked dinosaurs in the Sauropodomorpha clade.
sauropsidiannoun	Alternative form of sauropsidan. [(zoology) Any member of the Sauropsida.]
sauropodomorphannoun	Any dinosaur of the suborder Sauropodomorpha
neosauropodnoun	Any sauropod, of the rank Neosauropoda, from the late Jurassic period
allosaurnoun	Any of several huge carnivorous dinosaurs, of the superfamily Allosauroidea, from the late Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods
aetosaurnoun	(paleontology) Any of an extinct group of heavily armoured herbivorous archosaurian reptiles, of the order †Aetosauria.
argentinosaurnoun	(paleontology) Any sauropod of the genus Argentinosaurus.