"diplodocus" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-diplodocus.ogg Forms: diplodocuses [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek διπλόος (diplóos, “double”) and δοκός (dokós, “beam”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|διπλόος||double}} Ancient Greek διπλόος (diplóos, “double”), {{m|grc|δοκός||beam}} δοκός (dokós, “beam”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} diplodocus (plural diplodocuses)
  1. Any of several herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Diplodocus, known as fossils from the late Jurassic in North America. Wikipedia link: diplodocus Categories (lifeform): Sauropods Translations (dinosaur): դիպլոդոկ (diplodok) (Armenian), дыпладок (dypladók) [masculine] (Belarusian), ডিপলোডোকাস (ḍiplōḍōkaś) (Bengali), diplodokus [masculine] (Breton), диплодоци (diplodoci) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ဒစ်ပလိုဒိုကတ် (dacpa.luiduikat) (Burmese), diplodoc [masculine] (Catalan), 梁龍屬 (Chinese Mandarin), 梁龙属 (liánglóngshǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), diplodocus [masculine] (Dutch), diplodoko (Esperanto), diplodocus (Finnish), diplodocus [masculine] (French), diplodoco [masculine] (Galician), დიპლოდოკი (diṗlodoḳi) (Georgian), Diplodocus [masculine] (German), διπλόδοκος (diplódokos) [masculine] (Greek), ディプロドクス (Dipurodokusu) (Japanese), диплодокус (diplodokus) (Kazakh), 디플로도쿠스 (dipeullodokuseu) (Korean), диплодок (diplodok) (Kyrgyz), diplodoks [masculine] (Latvian), diplodokas [masculine] (Lithuanian), ഡിപ്ലോഡൊക്കസ് (ḍiplōḍokkasŭ) (Malayalam), diplodòcus [masculine] (Occitan), diplodok [masculine] (Polish), diplodokus [masculine] (Polish), diplodoco [masculine] (Portuguese), диплодо́к (diplodók) [masculine] (Russian), ди̏плодок [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dȉplodok [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), diplodok [masculine] (Slovene), diplodoco [masculine] (Spanish), diplodocus [masculine] (Spanish), டிப்ளோடோக்கசு (ṭipḷōṭōkkacu) (Tamil), ไดพลอโดคัส (dai pon à-doh-kát) (Thai), диплодо́к (dyplodók) [masculine] (Ukrainian), диплодок (diplodok) [Cyrillic] (Uzbek), diplodok [Roman] (Uzbek)

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ди̏плодок"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "dinosaur",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dȉplodok"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "dinosaur",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diplodok"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dinosaur",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diplodoco"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dinosaur",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diplodocus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "ṭipḷōṭōkkacu",
      "sense": "dinosaur",
      "word": "டிப்ளோடோக்கசு"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dai pon à-doh-kát",
      "sense": "dinosaur",
      "word": "ไดพลอโดคัส"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dyplodók",
      "sense": "dinosaur",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "диплодо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "roman": "diplodok",
      "sense": "dinosaur",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "диплодок"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "dinosaur",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "diplodok"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diplodocus"
}

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