Home › Words › B › brachiosaurusbrachiosaurusbrachiosaurus means A large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur, Brachiosaurus altithorax, which lived during the Late Jurassic in North America.EtymologyBorrowed from taxonomic name Brachiosaurus, from brachio- + -saurus; literally “arm lizard”, relating to the great length of its forelegs compared to its hindlegs.nounA large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur, Brachiosaurus altithorax, which lived during the Late Jurassic in North America.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.brachiosaur 86% match — Any of several massive, herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Brachiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. vs brachiosaurus →brachiosaurid 82% match — Any herbivorous dinosaur of the family Brachiosauridae. vs brachiosaurus →brontosaurus 74% match — Any of the genus †Brontosaurus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs with whip-like tails, which lived in present-day United States during the Late Jurassic period. vs brachiosaurus →apatosaur 68% match — A large, herbivorous, gregarious sauropod dinosaur, of the genus Apatosaurus, from Jurassic North America; it had a long neck and tail. vs brachiosaurus →apatosaurus 68% match — A large sauropod dinosaur of the genus Apatosaurus of the late Jurassic Period, having a long neck and tail and a relatively small head. vs brachiosaurus →brontosaur 68% match — Any member of the genus †Brontosaurus. vs brachiosaurus →barosaurus 67% match — Any of the genus Barosaurus of long-tailed, long-necked, herbivorous dinosaurs. vs brachiosaurus →diplodocus 65% match — Any of several herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Diplodocus, known as fossils from the late Jurassic in North America. vs brachiosaurus →