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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any extinct herbivorous dinosaur, of the suborder Stegosauria, having two rows of bony plates along the back.
2. 2
   herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

stegosaurusstegosaur stenopsstegosaurus stenops

Etymology

From Stegosaurus.

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