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SAUROPODOMORPHA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having huge bodies with long necks and small heads: Prosauropoda and Sauropoda (apatosaurus, diplodocus and titanosaurs)
Synonyms:
Sauropodomorpha; suborder Sauropodomorpha
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Sauropodomorpha" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Sauropodomorpha"):
Prosauropoda; suborder Prosauropoda (the earliest known dinosaurs)
Sauropoda; suborder Sauropoda (any of the sauropod dinosaurs)
suborder Theropoda; Theropoda (carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous)
Holonyms ("Sauropodomorpha" is a member of...):
order Saurischia; Saurischia (extinct terrestrial reptiles: theropods (carnivorous); sauropods (herbivorous))