brontosaurus

/ˌbrɑntəˈsɔrəs/
noun
  1. A very large, plant-eating dinosaur with a long neck and tail, from the Jurassic period.
    • We saw a life-sized model of a brontosaurus at the natural history museum.
    • A brontosaurus could weigh as much as several elephants.
    • The brontosaurus is often shown in movies as a gentle giant.
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