/sawr"euh pod'/ , n.
1. any herbivorous dinosaur of the suborder Sauropoda, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, long neck and tail, and five-toed limbs: the largest known land animal.
adj.
2. belonging or pertaining to the sauropods.
[ 1890-95; Sauropoda suborder name saûro ( s ) lizard + -poda -PODA; cf. -POD ]