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Webster 1913 Edition


Sauropoda

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Sau-rop′o-da

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Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a lizard +
-poda
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(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.