| 单词 | stegosaur |
| 释义 | stegosaur[ steg-uh-sawr ] / ˈstɛg əˌsɔr / nouna plant-eating dinosaur of the genus Stegosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a heavy, bony armor and a row of bony plates along its back, and growing to a length of 20 to 40 feet (6–12 meters). Origin of stegosaur<New Latin Stegosaurus (1877); see stego-, -saur Words nearby stegosaurstegnosis, stegnotic, stego-, stegodon, stegomyia, stegosaur, Steichen, Steier, Steiermark, Steig, stein Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stegosaur
British Dictionary definitions for stegosaurstegosaur stegosaurus (ˌstɛɡəˈsɔːrəs)/ (ˈstɛɡəˌsɔː) / nounany quadrupedal herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur of the suborder Stegosauria, esp any of the genus Stegosaurus, of Jurassic and early Cretaceous times, having an armour of bony plates Word Origin for stegosaurC19: from Greek stegos roof + -saur Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for stegosaurstegosaur [ stĕg′ə-sôr′ ] Any of several large herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs of the group Stegosauria of the Jurassic and early Cretaceous Periods. The largest genus, Stegosaurus, had a tail with two horizontal spikes for defense, and an arched back with an alternating double row of large, triangular, upright bony plates. Stegosaurs grew over 6 m (20 ft) long, but had extremely small heads with brains the size of a walnut. The hindquarters were controlled by a neural ganglion in the hip region that was larger than the brain. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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