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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SAUROPODA

Sau *rop "o *da, n. pl. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. -poda. ] (Paleon.)

 

Defn: 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 alied genera. See Illustration in Appendix.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sauropod

sau ro pod |ˈsôrəˌpäd ˈsɔrəˌpɑd | noun a very large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur with a long neck and tail, small head, and massive limbs. [Infraorder Sauropoda, suborder Sauropodomorpha, order Saurischia; e.g., apatosaurus, brachiosaurus, and diplodocus. ] ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from modern Latin Sauropoda (plural ), from Greek sauros lizard + pous, pod- foot.

 

Oxford Dictionary

sauropod

sauropod |ˈsɔːrəpɒd, ˈsaʊr -| noun a very large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur with a long neck and tail, small head, and massive limbs. Infraorder Sauropoda, suborder Sauropodomorpha, order Saurischia; e.g. apatosaurus, brachiosaurus, and diplodocus. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from modern Latin Sauropoda (plural ), from Greek sauros lizard + pous, pod- foot .

 

Duden Dictionary

Sauropode

Sau ro po de Substantiv, maskulin , der |Saurop o de |der Sauropode; Genitiv: des Sauropoden, Plural: die Sauropoden pflanzenfressender Riesensaurier