Sau·rop·o·da n. pl.  Paleon. 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 allied genera. See Illustration in Appendix.
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  Sauropoda
       n : any of the sauropod dinosaurs [syn: suborder Sauropoda]