apatosaurus
noun [ C ] (also Apatosaurus) uk/əˌpæt.əˈsɔː.rəs/ us/əˌpæt̬.əˈsɔːr.əs/
谬龙（一种长颈长尾的巨型恐龙）
a very large dinosaur that ate plants and had four legs, a very long neck and tail, and a small head
All the dinosaurs we thought of as Brontosauruses were really Apatosauruses. 所有那些我们以为是雷龙的恐龙其实都是谬龙。
Apatosaurus, once known as Brontosaurus, was a huge plant-eating dinosaur about the size and weight of a large diesel locomotive. 谬龙曾被称为雷龙，是一种食草的巨型恐龙，其体积相当于一部大型柴油火车头。
Compare: brontosaurus
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- Diplodocus reached a length of 28 m but weighed only 10 tonnes, whereas Apatosaurus was shorter at 25 m, but weighed 30 tonnes.
- Marsh put the wrong skull on a skeleton of Apatosaurus and declared it a new genus, Brontosaurus.
- The museum houses a 60-foot-long metallic Apatosaurus skeleton.