sauropod
/sawr-uh-pod/US // ˈsɔr əˌpɒd //UK // (ˈsɔːrəˌpɒd) //
独角兽,长脚动物,独脚兽,碟形动物
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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- : 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.形容词 adjective
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- : belonging or pertaining to the sauropods.
Examples
By the late 1980s, scientists had discovered that sauropods had hollow bones.
Debate over whether Brontosaurus and its fellow sauropods splashed through swamps or ambled over dry land has persisted for decades.
They’re the only such sauropod footprints to ever turn up in a natural cave.
At that time, sauropods were diversifying and spreading across the world.
While at Castelbouc Cave in December 2015, his team found the sauropod prints.
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