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Webster 1913 Edition


Camarasaurus


Camˊa-ra-sau′rus

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Noun.
[NL. fr. Gr. [GREEK] a vaulted chamber + [GREEK] lizard.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebræ.

Definition 2024


Camarasaurus

Camarasaurus

See also: camarasaurus

Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Camarasaurus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Camarasauridae – the most common of the giant sauropods whose remains are found in North America.

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Hyponyms

camarasaurus

camarasaurus

See also: Camarasaurus

English

Noun

camarasaurus (plural camarasauruses)

  1. Any dinosaur of the genus Camarasaurus
    • 2007 September 13, J. D. Biersdorfer, “Dinosaurs Return, in a 2.0 Version (but Were They Ever Really Gone?)”, in New York Times:
      While it looks like a friendly little camarasaurus on the outside, Pleo has plenty of power on the inside.

Spanish

Noun

camarasaurus m (plural camarasaurus)

  1. camarasaurus