Etymology

diplodocus

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Today it means: Any of several herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Diplodocus, known as fossils from the late Jurassic in North America. Full definition →

Ancient Greek διπλόος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδιπλόος“double”
  2. English todaydiplodocus

From Ancient Greek διπλόος (diplóos, “double”) + δοκός (dokós, “beam”).

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