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sauropods

sauropods is the plural of sauropod.

Meaning of sauropod

Noun

sauropod (plural sauropods)

  1. Any of the extinct clade †Sauropoda of long-necked dinosaurs which walked on four thick, pillar-like legs.
    • His most memorable work is an illustrated compendium of dinosaurian copulatory positions - a sort of reptilian Kama Sutra - that includes a “leg over” manoeuvre by the sauropods, the largest dinosaurs of all - that many consider highly dubious.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 21

Questions about sauropods

What is sauropods the plural of?
Sauropods is the plural of sauropod.

Words near sauropods in the dictionary

  1. sauropodomorph
  2. sauropodomorphan
  3. sauropodomorphans
  4. sauropodomorphs
  5. sauropodous
  6. sauropods
  7. sauropsid
  8. sauropsidan
  9. sauropsidans
  10. sauropsidian
  11. sauropsidians

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