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Webster 1913 Edition


Brontozoum


Bronˊto-zo′um

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] thunder + [GREEK] animal.]
(Paleon.)
An extinct animal of large size, known from its three-toed footprints in Mesozoic sandstone.
☞ The tracks made by these reptiles are found eighteen inches in length, and were formerly referred to gigantic birds; but the discovery of large bipedal three-toed dinosaurs has suggested that they were made by those reptiles.