Main Entry: di·plod·o·cus

Pronunciation: \də-ˈplä-də-kəs, dī-\

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from dipl- + Greek dokos beam, from dekesthai, dechesthai to receive; akin to Latin decēre to be fitting — more at decent

Date: 1884

: any of a genus (Diplodocus) of large herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs of the late Jurassic known from remains found in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and Utah