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US
/ˌbɹɔnəˈsɔɹəs, ˌbɹɔntəˈsɔɹəs/
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[ UK /bɹˌɒntəsˈɔːɹəs/ ]
[ UK /bɹˌɒntəsˈɔːɹəs/ ]
NOUN
- huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic
How To Use brontosaurus In A Sentence
- I have never seen a dead diplodocus in the same room as a dead brontosaurus. Times, Sunday Times
- The rats then swarm onto and devour any lamed, limping brontosaurus that they come across.
- He had a brain in him the size of a bloated brontosaurus, but unfortunately he had a temper to match.
- A bunch of moss-munching brontosauruses standing together looking up in the sky, as a giant, earth-shattering meteor comes hurling down from the heavens.
- Here over thirteen hundred footprints of the plant-eating apatosaurus a.k.a. brontosaurus and the carnivorous three-toed allosaurus, ripple marks, a few clams, a palm frond and some horsetails, fish bones, ooids have all solidified into solid rock. Bird Cloud
- Mostly tiny plants called diatoms, but quite possibly a few Barney-like creatures went into the mix, like Stegosaurus, Brontosaurus and other giant reptiles that shared the Jurassic period with all those diatoms. Barbara Ehrenreich: Liposuction: The Key to Energy Independence
- I was amazed by a brontosaurus. The Sun
- ‘Bronty’ the Brontosaurus was similar to his cousin the diplodocus, only bigger and fatter.
- 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. More Dinosaur Concept Art Spotted at Pixar | /Film
- The island is populated with massive herds of brontosaurus, but the big old meat-eaters would rather chase down six humans instead of going for the easy kill.