noun
sauropods
Scientific term for the clade Sauropoda, the long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs.
竜脚類はジュラ紀に繁栄した大型の草食恐竜である。
Sauropods were large herbivorous dinosaurs that flourished during the Jurassic period.
From 竜 (dragon) + 脚 (leg) + 類 (category), a calque of the scientific name Sauropoda (lizard-footed).