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Meaning of SAUROPODA

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  any of the sauropod dinosaurs
 

SAUROPODA is a 9 letter word that starts with S.

 

 Synonyms: suborder Sauropoda
 
 See Also: animal order, family Titanosauridae, genus Apatosaurus, genus Barosaurus, genus Brontosaurus, genus Diplodocus, sauropod, sauropod dinosaur, Sauropodomorpha, suborder Sauropodomorpha, Titanosauridae

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sau*rop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? 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.

 

 

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