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sau⋅ro⋅pod

[sawr-uh-pod]
–noun
1. any herbivorous dinosaur of the suborder Sauropoda, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, long neck and tail, and five-toed limbs: the largest known land animal.
–adjective
2. belonging or pertaining to the sauropods.

Origin:
1890–95; < NL Sauropoda suborder name < Gk saûro(s) lizard + -poda -poda; cf. -pod
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sau·ro·pod   (sôr'ə-pŏd')   
n.  Any of various large semiaquatic saurischian dinosaurs of the suborder Sauropoda, of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
adj.  Of or relating to the suborder Sauropoda.

[From New Latin Sauropoda, suborder name : Greek sauros, lizard + New Latin -poda, -pod.]
sau·rop'o·dous (sô-rŏp'ə-dəs) adj.
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sauropod   (sôr'ə-pŏd')  Pronunciation Key 
One of the two types of saurischian dinosaurs, widespread during the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods. Sauropods were plant-eaters and often grew to tremendous size, having a stout body with thick legs, long slender necks with a small head, and long tails. Sauropods included the apatosaurus (brontosaurus) and brachiosaurus. Compare theropod.
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