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diplodocus definition

☆ diplodo·cus (dip läd′ə kəs, -lō′də-)

noun

any of a genus (Diplodocus) of huge, plant-eating sauropod dinosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods

Etymology: ModL < diplo- + Gr dokos, main supporting beam: coined (1878) by O.C. Marsh (1831-99), U.S. paleontologist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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