Meanings
plural titanosaurs
- Any member of the taxonomic groups Titanosauria or Titanosauroidea of diverse sauropod dinosaurs including some of the heaviest creatures ever to walk the earth.
But 70 million years ago, near modern-day Asturias in northern Spain, there existed a lagoon, and as the land sank, the sea flooded it at high tide, and the bones of alligators, pterosaurs and dwarf titanosaurs (long-necked sauropod dinosaurs) were buried in the sediment.
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 30
Synonyms & antonyms
nounamphibious quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur with a long thin neck and whiplike tail; of the Cretaceous mostly in the Southern Hemisphere
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Greek τιτανόσαυρος
- τιτανόσαυρος (titanósavros)member of the Titanosauria and/or Titanosauroidea
Icelandic títaneðla
- títaneðlamember of the Titanosauria and/or Titanosauroidea
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Cite this entry
titanosaur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/titanosaur
“titanosaur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/titanosaur. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “titanosaur,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/titanosaur.
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