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apatosaur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ap-atosaur
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large, herbivorous, gregarious sauropod dinosaur, of the genus Apatosaurus, from Jurassic North America; it had a long neck and tail.

Etymology

From scientific Latin Apatosaurus (genus name).

Inflected Forms

apatosaurs (plural)

Synonyms

apatosaurus brontosaurus brontosaur thunder lizard apatosaurus excelsus

Questions

What does apatosaur mean?
A large, herbivorous, gregarious sauropod dinosaur, of the genus Apatosaurus, from Jurassic North America; it had a long neck and tail.
Where does apatosaur come from?
From scientific Latin Apatosaurus (genus name).

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