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Webster 1913 Edition
Sauropoda
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Sau-rop′o-da
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a lizard +
-poda
.] (Paleon.)
An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs having the feet of a saurian type, instead of birdlike, as they are in many dinosaurs. It includes the largest known land animals, belonging to Brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, and allied genera. See Illustration in Appendix.
Definition 2024
Sauropoda
Sauropoda
Translingual
Proper noun
Sauropoda
- A taxonomic infraorder within the order Saurischia.
Hypernyms
- (infraorder): Reptilia - class; Eureptilia, Romeriida - clades; Diapsida - subclass; Archosauromorpha - infraclass; Archosauria - division; Ornithodira - subsection; Dinosauria - superorder; Saurischia - order; Eusaurischia - taxon; Sauropodomorpha - suborder