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sauropod definition

sauro·pod (sôr′ə päd′)

noun

any of a superfamily (Sauropoda) of gigantic, plant-eating, four-footed saurischian dinosaurs with a long neck and tail, five-toed limbs, and a small head, as an apatosaurus

Etymology: < ModL Sauropoda: see sauro- & -poda

adjective

of the sauropods

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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