camarasaur

[ kam-er-uh-sawr ]
/ ˈkæm ər əˌsɔr /

noun

a plant-eating sauropod dinosaur of the genus Camarasaurus and closely related genera, having a small head, long neck, and short forelimbs, and reaching a length of 40 feet (12.2 meters); until 1981 the type specimen of Brontosaurus excelcus was wrongly reconstructed with a Camarasaurus skull.

Origin of camarasaur

< New Latin Camarasaurus (1877), irregular < Greek kamára space enclosed by an arch, vault (cf. chamber) + -saurus -saur

Words nearby camarasaur

camacho, camagüey, camail, caman, camaraderie, camarasaur, camargue, camarilla, camarillo, camass, camauro