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- noun (Paleon.) a dinosaur of the genus Brontosaurus; an individual may also be called a
brontosaurus or anapatosaurus .
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- noun An
apatosaur .
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- noun huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic
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Examples
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Bells Ankylo Torso: 3000 Bells Ankylo Tail: 2500 Bells Apatosaur 'The apatosaur was once called a brontosaur, I'll have you know.
IGN Complete 2009
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T-Rex, Raptors, Triceratops, or would you be looking for a side of brontosaur ribs?
This one is for all the archaeologists and History Channel fans out there. 2009
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Most of the effects in Jurassic Park still hold up today the brontosaur?
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A human liver cell contains the complete specifications for making an entire person; a dinosaur's muscle cell contained the full code for making a whole brontosaur.
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Since even flies and humans share 30 percent of their DNA, it might be possible to figure out which chapters the book of brontosaur DNA was missing, and fill them in with DNA from a modern relative.
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I put it to you that people actually living on Dinosaur Island in the DC Universae may know more about when and if there was such a thing as a brontosaur, than any ret-conning real world archaeologist.
Dinosaur-related nitpicks of this weeks DC comics | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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But there was no hint of the diplodocus or brontosaur about this baby.
Fathers & Sons Richard Madeley 2008
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But there was no hint of the diplodocus or brontosaur about this baby.
Fathers & Sons Richard Madeley 2008
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He probably wouldn't have used a brontosaur leg, for example.
Does he not shut up? 2007
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McCay is best known for Gertie the Dinosaur, the wonderfully lumbering brontosaur who somehow found her way into modern society.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2004
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