Brachiosaurus

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  1. 1
    A large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur, Brachiosaurus altithorax, which lived during the Late Jurassic in North America.

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Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Brachiosaurus, from brachio- + -saurus; literally “arm lizard”, relating to the great length of its forelegs compared to its hindlegs.

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