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Noun: sauropod dinosaur
  1. Very large herbivorous dinosaur of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a small head on a long neck and tail and five-toed limbs; largest known land animal
    "the sauropod dinosaurs were apparently herbivores";
    - sauropod

Derived forms: sauropod dinosaurs

Type of: saurischian, saurischian dinosaur

Part of: Sauropoda, suborder Sauropoda