The brontosaurus was referred to as a thunder lizard.Apatosaurus is sometimes referred to as the thunder lizard.
The brontosaurus was referred to as a thunder lizard.Apatosaurus is sometimes referred to as the thunder lizard.
The Apatosaurus. Apato (Thunder) - Saurus (Lizard).
Thunder LIZARD, you mean. The brontosaurus. Trouble is, brontosaurus isn't a "real" dinosaur: he's made of parts of two different dinosaurs, the apatosaurus and the camarasaurus. ("Deceptive lizard" and "lizard as big as a room")
"Brontosaurus" means thunder lizard. However, the name Brontosaurus is an invalid dinosaur name. The name Brontosaurus arose from the misidentification of another dinosaur, Apatosaurus. So, technically, Brontosaurus did not even exist, but its name does mean thunder lizard which I believe comes from the Latin word "tonitrus".
I fink it means 'big lizard' but I'm not sure.
The word brontophobia means an abnormal fear of thunder. It has nothing to do with dinosaurs, however, the dinosaur name brontosaurus means thunder lizard, so in both cases there is a linguistic link to thunder.
"Brontosaurus" means thunder lizard. However, the name Brontosaurus is an invalid dinosaur name. The name Brontosaurus arose from the misidentification of another dinosaur, Apatosaurus. So, technically, Brontosaurus did not even exist, but its name does mean thunder lizard which I believe comes from the Latin word "tonitrus".
Yes, brontosaurus does mean "thunder lizard". The name is derived from the Greek words "bronte" meaning thunder, and "sauros" meaning lizard.
The word dinosaur's means "terrible lizard".
terrible Lizard
because dinosaur in English it means terrible lizard,so if no d it would be errible lizard