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SAUROPOD DINOSAUR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very large herbivorous dinosaur of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a small head a long neck and tail and five-toed limbs; largest known land animal
Synonyms:
sauropod; sauropod dinosaur
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sauropod dinosaur" is a kind of...):
saurischian; saurischian dinosaur (herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodile)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sauropod dinosaur"):
apatosaur; apatosaurus; Apatosaurus excelsus; brontosaur; brontosaurus; thunder lizard (huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic)
barosaur; barosaurus (a dinosaur that could grow to be as tall as a building five stories tall)
Holonyms ("sauropod dinosaur" is a member of...):
Sauropoda; suborder Sauropoda (any of the sauropod dinosaurs)
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