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TITANOSAUR

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ti⋅tan⋅o⋅saur

  [tahy-tan-uh-sawr, tahyt-n-uh-]
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–noun
any amphibious plant-eating dinosaur of the genus Titanosaurus, from the Cretaceous Period, having a long, thin neck and a long, whiplike tail.
Origin:
1890–95; < NL Titanosaurus. See Titan, -o-, -saur
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ti·tan·o·saur   (tī-tān'ə-sôr', tīt'n-)   
n.  Any of various plant-eating, amphibious sauropod dinosaurs of the genus Titanosaurus, common during the Cretaceous Period especially in South America.

[New Latin Tītānosaurus, genus name : Greek Tītān, Titan + Greek sauros, lizard.]
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