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.