SAUROPODA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sauropoda mean? 

• SAUROPODA (noun)
  The noun SAUROPODA has 1 sense:

1. any of the sauropod dinosaurs

  Familiarity information: SAUROPODA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAUROPODA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the sauropod dinosaurs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Sauropoda; suborder Sauropoda

Hypernyms ("Sauropoda" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Sauropoda"):

sauropod; sauropod dinosaur (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)

genus Apatosaurus; genus Brontosaurus (large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaurs with very long neck and tail; late Jurassic)

genus Barosaurus (huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur; late Jurassic)

genus Diplodocus (a reptile genus of the suborder Sauropoda)

family Titanosauridae; Titanosauridae (herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous)

Holonyms ("Sauropoda" is a member of...):

Sauropodomorpha; suborder Sauropodomorpha (gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having huge bodies with long necks and small heads: Prosauropoda and Sauropoda (apatosaurus, diplodocus and titanosaurs))