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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)