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stegosaur
steg·o·saur S0733000 (stĕg′ə-sôr′)n.1. See stegosaurian.2. See stegosaurus.
[From New Latin Stegosaurus, genus name; see stegosaurus.]stegosaur (ˈstɛɡəˌsɔː) , stegosaurus or stegosauriann (Palaeontology) any 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[C19: from Greek stegos roof + -saur]steg•o•saur (ˈstɛg əˌsɔr)
n. any plant-eating dinosaur of the Jurassic and Cretaceous family Stegosauridae, having bony plates along the back. [1900–05; < New Latin Stegosaurus (1877), genus name < Greek stégo(s) roof + saûros -saur] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  stegosaur - herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weaponStegosaur stenops, stegosaurusarmored dinosaur - dinosaurs having bony armourgenus Stegosaurus - quadrupedal armored herbivore of the Jurassic and Cretaceous |
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stegosaur or Stegosaurus a quadrupedal herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur of the suborder Stegosauria, a large JURASSIC PERIOD reptile up to 9 m in length. Stegosaurs possessed large neural spines which supported very large, vertical, triangular plates of armour.stegosaur
Related to stegosaur: stegosaurusSynonyms for stegosaurnoun herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weaponSynonyms- Stegosaur stenops
- stegosaurus
Related Words- armored dinosaur
- genus Stegosaurus
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