Plateosaurus Definition
plătē-ō-sôrəs
noun
A large herbivorous prosauropod dinosaur of the genus Plateosaurus of the Triassic Period, having a long neck and tail and a small head with leaf-shaped teeth.
American Heritage
pronoun
A taxonomic genus within the family Plateosauridae.
Wiktionary
Origin of Plateosaurus
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New Latin genus name Greek platus, plate- wide, broad, flat (from the broad, robust nature of the bones of the type specimen) plat- in Indo-European roots Greek sauros lizard
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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