sauropod
noun
sau·ro·pod
ˈsȯr-ə-ˌpäd 
: any of a suborder (Sauropoda) of quadrupedal herbivorous saurischian dinosaurs (such as an apatosaurus) 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
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Reportedly, the site reveals a densely populated environment where this predator lived alongside freshwater sharks, bony fish, turtles, and crocodiles, as well as massive herbivores like sauropods and iguanodontians.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
Many sites around the world preserve multiple trackways of sauropods, the plant-eating and long-necked dinosaurs that grew to be larger than any land animal alive today.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
The new species is the second eusauropod -- a group derived from sauropods -- found in Guangxi.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
In Jurassic World Rebirth, the new fourth feature in this sequel series, people have gotten so inured to dinos that an escaped sauropod dying by the side of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway mostly generates annoyance at the traffic its causing.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 June 2025
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
Many sites around the world preserve multiple trackways of sauropods, the plant-eating and long-necked dinosaurs that grew to be larger than any land animal alive today.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
The new species is the second eusauropod -- a group derived from sauropods -- found in Guangxi.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
In Jurassic World Rebirth, the new fourth feature in this sequel series, people have gotten so inured to dinos that an escaped sauropod dying by the side of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway mostly generates annoyance at the traffic its causing.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 June 2025
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“Sauropod.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sauropod. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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