sauropodous,a.|sɔːˈrɒpədəs| [Formed as prec. + -ous.] Of, pertaining to, or connected with the Sauropoda(seeprec.). 1887Lydekker in Q. Jrnl.Geol.Soc. XLIV. 55 This huge bone..is clearly Sauropodous.1895― in Knowledge Mar. 70/1 Gigantic sauropodous dinosaurs.