brachiosaurus

brachiosaurus

See also: Brachiosaurus

English

Etymology

From brachio- + -saurus; literally “arm lizard”, relating to the great length of its forelegs compared to its hindlegs.

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Noun

brachiosaurus (plural brachiosauruses)

1. A large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur, Brachiosaurus altithorax, which lived during the Jurassic period.

Translations

herbivorous dinosaur

French: brachiosaure (fr) m German: Brachiosaurus (de) m Italian: brachiosauro m Korean: 브라키오사우루스 (beurakiosauruseu)

Polish: brachiozaur m Portuguese: braquiossauro m Russian: брахиоза́вр (ru) m (braxiozávr)

See also

• brachiosaurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia