Main Entry: sau·ro·pod

Pronunciation: \ˈsȯr-ə-ˌpäd\

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin Sauropoda, from Greek sauros lizard + New Latin -poda

Date: circa 1889

: any of a suborder (Sauropoda) of quadrupedal herbivorous saurischian dinosaurs (as a brontosaurus) of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a long neck and tail, small head, and 5-toed limbs on which they tended to walk in a digitigrade fashion

— sauropod adjective