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prosauropod

noun pro·sau·ro·pod \prō-ˈsr-ə-ˌpäd\

Definition of PROSAUROPOD

:  any of a group (Prosauropoda) of chiefly herbivorous Triassic dinosaurs that are probably ancestral to sauropods
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Origin of PROSAUROPOD

New Latin Prosauropoda, from 1pro- + Sauropoda — more at sauropod
First Known Use: 1941

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