diplodocus

IPA: dˈɪpɫʌdˈoʊkʌs

Any of several herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Diplodocus, known as fossils from the late Jurassic in North America.

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Once again he became something not too far from the loving "diplodocus" of my childhood.
I had had the idea that the diplodocus was a land-animal, but evidently it is partially amphibious.
The sauropods include many of the best known prehistoric animals, such as diplodocus and apatosaurus – the dinosaur formerly known as brontosaurus.
Among the grandest was Chicago's Union Station, a huge vault filled with gilt lampposts and flags large enough to drape the coffin of a patriotic diplodocus.
The dinosaur excavated at Chalk Cliff in 1875 became known as diplodocus, and some years later along the border of Colorado and Utah an expedition financed by Andrew Carnegie dug up two beautiful specimens.
The following month, Mr Johnson was attacked, also in The Guardian, by John Sauven, director of Greenpeace, who accused him of "diplodocus rhetoric" and of "disappearing under the rising tide of environmental awareness".