bron|to|sau|rus

bron|to|sau|rus
bron|to|sau|rus «BRON tuh SR uhs», noun, plural -sau|ri «-SR y», -sau|rus|es.
a huge herbivorous dinosaur of all the continents during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Some kinds were as long as sixty feet and as high as fourteen feet.
[< New Latin Brontosaurus the genus name < Greek bront thunder + saûros lizard]

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  • bron·to·sau·rus — …   Useful english dictionary

  • bron — bron·chi·al; bron·chi·ectasis; bron·chio·gen·ic; bron·chi·o·lar; bron·chi·ole; bron·chi·ol·itis; bron·chi·o·lus; bron·chi·tis; bron·chi·um; bron·cho·dilator; bron·cho·gen·ic; bron·cho·gram; bron·cho·graph·ic; bron·chog·ra·phy; bron·choph·o·ny;… …   English syllables

  • rus — ableph·a·rus; ac·an·thu·rus; ac·a·rus; ac·o·rus; ae·gag·rus; ae·lu·rus; aeto·sau·rus; ag·ri·o·choe·rus; ai·gi·a·lo·sau·rus; ai·lu·rus; alep·i·sau·rus; alop·e·cu·rus; am·ei·u·rus; am·i·u·rus; anom·a·lu·rus; an·thra·co·sau·rus; ap·a·to·sau·rus;… …   English syllables

  • brontosaurus — bron·to·sau·rus …   English syllables

  • Brontosaurus — Bron|to|sau|rus 〈m.; , ri|er; Zool.〉 riesiger Saurier aus der unteren Kreidezeit Nordamerikas [<grch. bronte „Donner“ + saura „Eidechse“] * * * Bron|to|sau|ri|er, der, Bron|to|sau|rus, der; , …rier [zu griech. bronte̅̓ = Donner (zum Ausdruck… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Brontosaurier — Bron|to|sau|ri|er, der, Bron|to|sau|rus, der; , …rier [zu griech. bronte̅̓ = Donner (zum Ausdruck der Riesenhaftigkeit) u. saũros = Eidechse] (Paläontol. veraltet): Apatosaurier. * * * Bron|to|sau|ri|er, der; s, , Bron|to|sau|rus, der; , ...rier… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Brontosaurus — Bron|to|sau|rus 〈m.; Gen.: , Pl.: ri|er〉 riesiger, Pflanzen fressender Dinosaurier aus der unteren Kreidezeit Nordamerikas; oV [Etym.: <grch. bronte »Donner» + sauros »Eidechse«] …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • brontosaurus — bron|to|sau|rus [ˌbrɔntəˈso:rəs US ˌbra:n ] n [Date: 1800 1900; : Greek; Origin: bronte thunder + sauros lizard ] a large ↑dinosaur with a small head and a long neck …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Brontosaurus — Bron|to|sau|rus der; , ...rier [...i̯ɐ] <zu gr. saũros »Eidechse«> früher irrtümlich Name für ↑Apatosaurier …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • brontosaurus — bron|to|sau|rus [ ,brantə sɔrəs ] noun count an old name of an APATOSAURUS …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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