barosaur

bar·o·saur  (bâr-sôr) or bar·o·sau·rus (bâr-sôrs)

n.

Any of various large sauropod dinosaurs of the genus Barosaurus of the late Jurassic Period, closely related to the diplodocus.

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[New Latin Barosaurus, genus name : Greek baros, weight; see baro- + Greek sauros, lizard.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

barosaur - a dinosaur that could grow to be as tall as a building five stories tall barosaurus 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 genus Barosaurus - huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur; late Jurassic