STEGOSAURUS

stegosaur, stegosaurus, Stegosaur stenops

(noun) herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From the genus name Stegosaurus

Noun

stegosaurus (plural stegosauruses)

A stegosaur, a member of the suborder Stegosauria, of the order Ornithischia of the middle Jurassic to early Cretaceous period.

A member of the genus Stegosaurus within this suborder.

Source: Wiktionary


Steg`o*sau"rus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)

Definition: A genus of large Jurassic dinosaurs remarkable for a powerful dermal armature of plates and spines.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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