sauropod

English

Noun

sauropod (plural sauropods)

1. A member of the Sauropoda suborder of dinosaurs
   • 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.

Hyponyms

• gongxianosaur