GENUS APATOSAURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Apatosaurus mean? 

• GENUS APATOSAURUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS APATOSAURUS has 1 sense:

1. large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaurs with very long neck and tail; late Jurassic

  Familiarity information: GENUS APATOSAURUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS APATOSAURUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaurs with very long neck and tail; late Jurassic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Apatosaurus; genus Brontosaurus

Hypernyms ("genus Apatosaurus" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Apatosaurus"):

apatosaur; apatosaurus; Apatosaurus excelsus; brontosaur; brontosaurus; thunder lizard (huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic)

Holonyms ("genus Apatosaurus" is a member of...):

Sauropoda; suborder Sauropoda (any of the sauropod dinosaurs)