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sauropod en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. Any of the extinct clade †Sauropoda of long-necked dinosaurs which walked on four thick, pillar-like legs.
    • 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. 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 21:

Forms

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sauropods Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

megasauropod · sauropodous · neosauropod · sauropodlike

Hypernyms

sauropodomorph · animal · dinosaur · reptile · vertebrate · organism · creature · saurischian · non-avian dinosaur

Translations (2)

pt saurópode (Translations) · chr ᏘᏲᎭᎵ ᎤᎳᏏᏕᎾ (Translations)

wikidata: Q14416