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di·plod·o·cus
(dĭ-plŏd′ə-kəs, dī-)n.
A very large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur of the genus Diplodocus of the Jurassic Period, having a long neck and tail and a small head, and hind legs longer than the front legs.
[New Latin Diplodocus, genus name : Greek diplo-, diplo- + Greek dokos, beam; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]
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diplodocus
(dɪˈplɒdəkəs; ˌdɪpləʊˈdəʊkəs)n, pl -cuses
(Palaeontology) any herbivorous quadrupedal late Jurassic dinosaur of the genus Diplodocus, characterized by a very long neck and tail and a total body length of 27 metres: suborder Sauropoda (sauropods)
[C19: from New Latin, from diplo- + Greek dokos beam]
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di•plod•o•cus
(dɪˈplɒd ə kəs)n., pl. -cus•es.
any North American sauropod dinosaur of the genus Diplodocus: it grew to a length of about 87 ft. (26.5 m).
[< New Latin (1878) =diplo- diplo- + Greek dokós beam, bar, shaft]
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di·plod·o·cus
(dĭ-plŏd′ə-kəs) A very large plant-eating dinosaur of the Jurassic Period. Diplodocus had a long, slender neck and tail and a small head with peg-like teeth, and could grow to nearly 90 feet (27 meters) in length. It is one of the longest sauropod dinosaurs known.
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| Noun | 1. |  diplodocus - a huge quadrupedal herbivore with long neck and tail; of late Jurassic in western North Americadinosaur - any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era genus Diplodocus - a reptile genus of the suborder Sauropoda |
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