sauropoda Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of the sauropod dinosaurs
    suborder Sauropoda.

WordNet

Sau*rop"o*da noun plural
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. a lizard + -poda.
Definitions
  1. (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 alied genera. See Illustration in Appendix.

Webster 1913