argentinosaur

noun

Meaning

A genus of giant herbivorous sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now Argentina.

Examples

  • The Argentinosaur is widely considered one of the largest land animals to have ever walked the Earth.
  • Visitors to the museum were awestruck by the skeletal reconstruction of the Argentinosaur.

Synonyms: sauropod, titanosaur