Definition of "diplodocus" []

• A very large herbivorous dinosaur of the genus Diplodocus that existed during the Jurassic Period. (noun)

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• "The dinosaur excavated at Chalk Cliff in 1875 became known as diplodocus, and some years later along the border of Colorado and Utah an expedition financed by Andrew Carnegie dug up two beautiful specimens."
• "I had had the idea that the diplodocus was a land-animal, but evidently it is partially amphibious."
• "Once again he became something not too far from the loving "diplodocus" of my childhood."