Sauropoda

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sauropoda \Sau*rop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a lizard +
     -poda.] (Paleon.)
     An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs having the feet of
     a saurian type, instead of birdlike, as they are in many
     dinosaurs. It includes the largest known land animals,
     belonging to Brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, and allied genera.


     See Illustration in Appendix.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Sauropoda
       n : any of the sauropod dinosaurs [syn: {suborder Sauropoda}]