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brachiosaurus

The English word “brachiosaurus” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur, Brachiosaurus altithorax, which lived during the Late Jurassic in North America.

Etymology

Borrowed from taxonomic name Brachiosaurus, from brachio- + -saurus; literally “arm lizard”, relating to the great length of its forelegs compared to its hindlegs.

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