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[syn: stegosaur, stegosaurus, Stegosaur stenops]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Stegosaurus \Steg`o*sau"rus\ (st[e^]g`[-o]*s[add]"r[u^]s), n.
[NL., fr. Gr. ste`gh roof + say^ros a lizard.] (Paleon.)
A genus of large Jurassic dinosaurs remarkable for a powerful
dermal armature of plates and spines.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
stegosaurus
n 1: herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony
plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a
weapon [syn: stegosaur, stegosaurus, Stegosaur
stenops]