Thunder lizard
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The apatosaurus or brontosaurus. informal
"The footprints have already settled one old argument about the Thunder Lizard's habits. Scientists had once argued that the animal's legs could not have supported its tremendous bulk on land and that it was only capable of swimming."
- 2 huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic wordnet
Example
More examples"The footprints have already settled one old argument about the Thunder Lizard's habits. Scientists had once argued that the animal's legs could not have supported its tremendous bulk on land and that it was only capable of swimming."
Etymology
From thunder + lizard