THUNDER LIZARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thunder lizard mean? 

• THUNDER LIZARD (noun)
  The noun THUNDER LIZARD has 1 sense:

1. huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic

  Familiarity information: THUNDER LIZARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THUNDER LIZARD (noun)

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Meaning:

Huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

apatosaur; apatosaurus; Apatosaurus excelsus; brontosaur; brontosaurus; thunder lizard

Hypernyms ("thunder lizard" is a kind of...):

sauropod; sauropod dinosaur (very large herbivorous dinosaur of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a small head a long neck and tail and five-toed limbs; largest known land animal)

Holonyms ("thunder lizard" is a member of...):

genus Apatosaurus; genus Brontosaurus (large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaurs with very long neck and tail; late Jurassic)