titanosaur

titanosaur
/tuy tan"euh sawr', tuyt"n euh-/, n.
any amphibious plant-eating dinosaur of the genus Titanosaurus, from the Cretaceous Period, having a long, thin neck and a long, whiplike tail.
[1890-95; < NL Titanosaurus. See TITAN, -O-, -SAUR]

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