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Sauropods meaning

plural of sauropod

Using Sauropods

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of sauropod
  • In the example corpus, sauropods often appears in combinations such as: other sauropods, sauropods like, of sauropods.

Context around Sauropods

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

large 1× juvenile 1× titanosaurian 1×

Often after:

tend 1× fed 1× may 1×

Sentence patterns with Sauropods

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and other sauropods is also 1× and other sauropods that lived 1× centuries that sauropods like apatosaurus 1× forelimb of sauropods have been 1× hunted large sauropods which were 1× juvenile sauropods tend to 1× locomotion of sauropods may be 1× of other sauropods the neck 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

cervical vertebra of 1× evidence for the 1× in contrast acrocanthosaurus 1× it s tiny 1× it was believed 1× juvenile sauropods tend 1×

Common sentence endings:

and heaviest dinosaurs 1× could browse vegetation 1× eating only plants 1× have been proposed 1× in large groups 1× of the vertebrae 1×

Words around Sauropods

Just before it in the word index:

sauropoda 2 sauropod 7 sauron 103 sauroleishmania 2 sauro 4 saurians 4

Just after it in the word index:

sauros 4 sauroter 2 saurya 2 sausage 460 sausages 190 sausalito 11

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadi 15 aakash 15 aayush 15 abcs 15 aberdonian 15 abhi 15

Corpus analysis for Sauropods

  • In this selection, "sauropods" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, large, juvenile, titanosaurian, tend, fed and may stand out and add context to how "sauropods" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and other sauropods is also and and other sauropods that lived. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sauropods" sits close to words such as aadi, aakash and aayush, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sauropods

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The sauropods were the largest and heaviest dinosaurs. (8 words)

Various uses for the single claw on the forelimb of sauropods have been proposed. (14 words)

Stevens and Parish (2005) speculate that these sauropods fed from riverbanks on submerged water plants. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Cervical vertebra of A. ajax (holotype, YPM 1860) in side and anterior view Like those of other sauropods, the neck vertebrae are deeply bifurcated; they carried neural spines with a large trough in the middle, resulting in a wide, deep neck. (41 words)

They state the feeding ranges for sauropods like Diplodocus were smaller than previously believed and the animals may have had to move their whole bodies around to better access areas where they could browse vegetation. (35 words)

It’s tiny in the enormous brachiosauruses, diplodocuses and other sauropods that lived later, which suggests that the structure grew less important as they transitioned to eating only plants. (29 words)

Example sentences (12)

It’s tiny in the enormous brachiosauruses, diplodocuses and other sauropods that lived later, which suggests that the structure grew less important as they transitioned to eating only plants.

Cervical vertebra of A. ajax (holotype, YPM 1860) in side and anterior view Like those of other sauropods, the neck vertebrae are deeply bifurcated; they carried neural spines with a large trough in the middle, resulting in a wide, deep neck.

Evidence for the avian system in Apatosaurus and other sauropods is also present in the pneumaticity of the vertebrae.

In contrast, Acrocanthosaurus had limited depth perception because they hunted large sauropods, which were relatively rare during the time of Tyrannosaurus.

It was believed throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries that sauropods like Apatosaurus were too massive to support their own weight on dry land.

Juvenile sauropods tend to have proportionally shorter necks and tails, and a more pronounced forelimb-hindlimb disparity than in adults.

Stevens and Parish (2005) speculate that these sauropods fed from riverbanks on submerged water plants.

There is evidence that other non-theropod dinosaurs, like Patagonian titanosaurian sauropods, also nested in large groups.

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The sauropods were the largest and heaviest dinosaurs.

The slow locomotion of sauropods may be due to their minimal muscling, or to recoil after strides.

They state the feeding ranges for sauropods like Diplodocus were smaller than previously believed and the animals may have had to move their whole bodies around to better access areas where they could browse vegetation.

Various uses for the single claw on the forelimb of sauropods have been proposed.

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Common combinations with sauropods

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sauropods" in a sentence?
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What does "sauropods" mean?
Sauropods means: plural of sauropod
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