stegosaurus

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See also: Stegosaurus

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Etymology

From the genus name Stegosaurus

Noun

stegosaurus (plural stegosauruses)

  1. A stegosaur, a member of the suborder Stegosauria, of the order Ornithischia of the middle Jurassic to early Cretaceous period.
    • 1988 April 8, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      So you tell your friends about it, including the people who have no interest in birding and wouldn't know a Le Conte's sparrow from a stegosaurus.
  2. A member of the genus Stegosaurus within this suborder.