also: かみなりりゅう
noun
brontosaurus; apatosaurus
Refers to the large sauropod dinosaur, often called brontosaurus or apatosaurus. In Japanese, 雷竜 is the common term, though scientifically the name Brontosaurus has been reinstated for some species.
博物館で雷竜の骨格標本を見た。
I saw a skeleton of a brontosaurus at the museum.
雷竜はジュラ紀に生息
The brontosaurus was a large dinosaur that lived in the Jurassic period.
Compound of 雷 (rai, 'thunder') and 竜 (ryū, 'dragon'), likely a calque of the Greek 'brontē' (thunder) + 'sauros' (lizard).