any herbivorous quadrupedal saurischian dinosaur of the suborder Sauropoda, of Jurassic and Cretaceous times, including the apatosaurus, diplodocus, and titanosaurs. They had small heads and long necks and tails and were partly amphibious
Derived forms
sauropodous (sɔːˈrɒpədəs)
adjective
Word origin
C19: from New Latin sauropoda, from Greek sauros lizard + pous foot
sauropod in American English
(ˈsɔrəˌpɑd)
noun
1.
any of a superfamily (Sauropoda) of gigantic, plant-eating, four-footed saurischian dinosaurs with a long neck and tail, five-toedlimbs, and a small head, as an apatosaurus