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stegosaurus

steg=o=saur=us

WORDNET DICTIONARY

stegosaurus(n = noun.animal) stegosaur, stegosaur stenops - herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon; Array

is a kind of armored dinosaur

is a member of genus stegosaurus

stegosaurus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ste`gh roof + say^ros a lizard.].

A genus of large Jurassic dinosaurs remarkable for a powerful dermal armature of plates and spines. [1913 Webster]

stegosaurus, n. any of a group of plant-eating dinosaurs with a double row of large bony plates along the spine.

Etymology

mod. L f. Gk stege covering + sauros lizard

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