Meanings
noundiplodocus (plural diplodocuses)
plural diplodocuses
- Any of several herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Diplodocus, known as fossils from the late Jurassic in North America.
Origin
- Ancient Greekδιπλόος“double”
- Englishdiplodocus
From Ancient Greek διπλόος (diplóos, “double”) + δοκός (dokós, “beam”).
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Bengali ডিপলোডোকাস
- ডিপলোডোকাস (ḍiplōḍōkaś)dinosaur
Bulgarian диплодоци
- диплодоци (diplodoci)dinosaur
Catalan diplodoc, diplodocus
- diplodocdinosaur
- diplodocusdinosaur
Chinese Mandarin 梁龍屬 /梁龙属
- 梁龍屬 /梁龙属 (liánglóngshǔ)dinosaur
Dutch diplodocus
- diplodocusdinosaur
Esperanto diplodoko
- diplodokodinosaur
Finnish diplodocus
- diplodocusdinosaur
French diplodocus
- diplodocusdinosaur
German Diplodocus
- Diplodocusdinosaur
Greek διπλόδοκος
- διπλόδοκος (diplódokos)dinosaur
Italian diplodoco
- diplodocodinosaur
Japanese ディプロドクス
- ディプロドクス (Dipurodokusu)dinosaur
Korean 디플로도쿠스
- 디플로도쿠스 (dipeullodokuseu)dinosaur
Latin diplodocus
- diplodocusdinosaur
Latvian diplodoks
- diplodoksdinosaur
Lithuanian diplodokas
- diplodokasdinosaur
Polish diplodok, diplodokus
- diplodokdinosaur
- diplodokusdinosaur
Portuguese diplodoco
- diplodocodinosaur
Russian диплодо́к
- диплодо́к (diplodók)dinosaur
Spanish diplodoco, diplodocus
- diplodocodinosaur
- diplodocusdinosaur
Tamil டிப்ளோடோக்கசு
- டிப்ளோடோக்கசு (ṭipḷōṭōkkacu)dinosaur
Thai ไดพลอโดคัส
- ไดพลอโดคัส (dai pon à-doh-kát)dinosaur
Ukrainian диплодо́к
- диплодо́к (dyplodók)dinosaur
Cite this entry
APA
diplodocus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diplodocus
MLA
“diplodocus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diplodocus. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diplodocus,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diplodocus.
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