Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The generic name applied to the footprints of a gigantic extinct dinosaurian reptile that usually walked erect on its hind legs with a stride a yard long. These tracks are found in the red Newark sandstones of the Connecticut valley, twenty-four such consecutive imprints having been exposed in one of the quarries at Portland, Connecticut.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun (Paleon.) An extinct genus of huge vertebrates, probably dinosaurs, known only from four-toed tracks in Triassic sandstones.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Otozoum.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.