diplodocus
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Diplodocus carnegii (artist's impression)
See also: Diplodocus
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διπλόος (diplóos, “double”) and δοκός (dokós, “beam”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
diplodocus (plural diplodocuses)
- Any of several herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Diplodocus, known as fossils from the late Jurassic in North America.
Translations
dinosaur
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Romanian
Noun
diplodocus m (plural diplodocuși)
Declension
Declension of diplodocus
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) diplodocus | diplodocusul | (niște) diplodocuși | diplodocușii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) diplodocus | diplodocusului | (unor) diplodocuși | diplodocușilor |
| vocative | diplodocusule | diplodocușilor | ||
References
- diplodocus in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Spanish
Noun
diplodocus m (plural diplodocus)
Further reading
- “diplodocus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014