1. Very large herbivorous dinosaur of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a small head on a long neck and tail and five-toed limbs; largest known land animal
   "the sauropod dinosaurs were apparently herbivores";
   - sauropod dinosaur

Derived forms: sauropods

Type of: saurischian, saurischian dinosaur

Part of: Sauropoda, suborder Sauropoda

Encyclopedia: Sauropod