sauropoda, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a lizard + -poda.].
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]