sauropod

sau·ro·pod  (sôr-pd)

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.

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[From New Latin Sauropoda, suborder name : Greek sauros, lizard + New Latin -poda, -pod.]

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sau·ropo·dous (sô-rp-ds) adj.

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sauropod  (sôr-pd)

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sauropod - very large herbivorous dinosaur of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a small head a long neck and tail and five-toed limbs; largest known land animal sauropod dinosaur saurischian, saurischian dinosaur - herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodile Sauropoda, suborder Sauropoda - any of the sauropod dinosaurs apatosaur, apatosaurus, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard - huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic barosaur, barosaurus - a dinosaur that could grow to be as tall as a building five stories tall