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Definition of: Diplodocidae
(dip′lə·dos′ə·dē) noun plural Paleontol.
A family of sauropod, herbivorous dinosaurs of huge size, fossil in the Upper Jurassic rocks of Wyoming and Colorado. The family has but a single genus, Di·plod·o·cus (di·plod′ə·kəs), a mounted skeleton of which is 84 1/2 feet long and 14 feet high. [<NL <Gk. diploos double + dokos a beam]
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