SAUROPOD
Dictionary entry overview: What does sauropod mean? • SAUROPOD (noun)
The noun SAUROPOD has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: SAUROPOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SAUROPOD (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
sauropod; sauropod dinosaur
Hypernyms ("sauropod" is a kind of...):
saurischian; saurischian dinosaur (herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodile)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sauropod"):
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)
Holonyms ("sauropod" is a member of...):
Sauropoda; suborder Sauropoda (any of the sauropod dinosaurs)
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