Definition of Sauropod

1. Noun. 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.


Definition of Sauropod

1. Noun. A member of the ''Sauropoda'' suborder of dinosaurs ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sauropod

1. any of a suborder of large dinosaurs [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sauropod

saurians
sauriasis
sauriderma
sauries
saurioid
sauriosis
saurischian
saurischian dinosaur
saurischians
saurobatrachia
sauroderma
saurognathous
sauroid
sauroidichnite
saurology
sauropod (current term)
sauropod dinosaur
sauropoda
sauropods
sauropsid
sauropsida
sauropsids
sauropterygia
sauropterygian
sauropterygians
saururae
saury
sausage-shaped
sausage balloon

Literary usage of Sauropod

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Origin and Evolution of Life: On the Theory of Action, Reaction and by Henry Fairfield Osborn (1917)
"... In the final extinction of the herbivorous sauropod type we find an example of the selection law of elimination, attributable FIG. 98. ..."

2. Bulletin by Geological Society of America (1915)
"VOTES RELATING TO sauropod DINOSAURS BY WJ HOLLAND (Abstract) The author announced the discovery of many dinosaur skeletons, some remarkably complete, ..."

3. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"Among the notable sauropod genera is Brontosaurus (Fig. ... Restoration of the sauropod dinosaur, Diplodocus. based upon the mounted specimen in the ..."

4. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"Ill), another sauropod, differs from Brontosaurus in the more slender form, ... Restoration of the sauropod dinosaur, Diplodocus, based upon the mounted ..."

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