Sauropod

noun

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

    "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."

  2. 2
    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 wordnet

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animaldinosaurmammothsauropod dinosaur

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"The scientists say they unearthed two enormous vertebrae and a femur, or thigh bone, of a plant-eating sauropod species called Alamosaurus."

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