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stegosaur
[ steg-uh-sawr ]
noun
- a 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).
stegosaur
/ ˈstɛɡəˌsɔː; ˌstɛɡəˈsɔːrəs /
noun
- 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
stegosaur
/ 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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stegosaur1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stegosaur1
C19: from Greek stegos roof + -saur
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The Stegosaur is one of the most singular and most familiar representatives of the group in the Jurassic.
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