sauropod

English

Noun

sauropod (plural sauropods)

2. Any of the extinct clade †Sauropoda of long-necked dinosaurs which walked on four thick, pillar-like legs.

   Hypernyms: (taxonomically) sauropodomorph < saurischian < non-avian dinosaur < dinosaur < reptile < vertebrate < animal < organism; (otherwise) creature

   Hyponyms: (especially famous sauropods) brontosaurus, brachiosaurus, diplodocus, apatosaurus; (all other sauropods) more at list of sauropods

   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 21:

     His most memorable work is an illustrated compendium of dinosaurian copulatory positions - a sort of reptilian Kama Sutra - that includes a “leg over” manoeuvre by the sauropods, the largest dinosaurs of all - that many consider highly dubious.

Derived terms

• megasauropod
• neosauropod
• sauropodlike
• sauropodous

Translations

Translations

• Cherokee: ᏘᏲᎭᎵ ᎤᎳᏏᏕᎾ (tiyohali ulasidena)
• Portuguese: saurópode (pt) m