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stegosaurus |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stegosauria \Steg`o*sau"ri*a\, n. pl [NL. See {Stegosaurus}.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs, including the genera {Stegosaurus}, {Omosaurus}, and their allies. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stegosaurus \Steg`o*sau"rus\, n. [NL., fr Gr ? roof + ? a lizard.] (Paleon.) A genus of large Jurassic dinosaurs remarkable for a powerful dermal armature of plates and spines. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stegosaurus n : herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon [syn: {stegosaur}, {Stegosaur stenops}]
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