Brontosaur

/ˈbrɒntəsɔːr/ noun

A massive four-legged dinosaur with a long neck that lived during the Jurassic period, now more accurately called a sauropod.

From Greek 'bronte' (thunder) and 'sauros' (lizard). Named in 1879 because of the thunderous sound scientists imagined such a gigantic creature would make when walking.

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