Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stegosaurian dinosaur of the genus Stegosaurus of the Jurassic Period, having large upright plates along the back and two pairs of spikes on the tail.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of Stegosauridæ. It contained species some 30 feet long, mailed with enormous bucklers and spines.
- noun [lowercase] A dinosaur of this genus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Paleon.) A genus of large Jurassic dinosaurs remarkable for a powerful dermal armature of plates and spines.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
stegosaur
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The tyrannosaurus is from the Cretaceous period and the stegosaurus is the Jurassic or something.
Jasper Dash and the Flame-Pits of Delaware M. T. Andreson 2009
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The tyrannosaurus is from the Cretaceous period and the stegosaurus is the Jurassic or something.
Jasper Dash and the Flame-Pits of Delaware M. T. Andreson 2009
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The tyrannosaurus is from the Cretaceous period and the stegosaurus is the Jurassic or something.
Jasper Dash and the Flame-Pits of Delaware M. T. Andreson 2009
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The tyrannosaurus is from the Cretaceous period and the stegosaurus is the Jurassic or something.
Jasper Dash and the Flame-Pits of Delaware M. T. Andreson 2009
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(For the record, the stegosaurus was my favorite dinosaur back during the time when you, like, had to have a favorite dinosaur.)
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As soon as I drove into this country, what struck me were the "stegosaurus" rocks -- perfectly vertical spines of stone busting out of the crests of hills -- that looked exactly like the plated armor on the dinosaur's back.
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As soon as I drove into this country, what struck me were the "stegosaurus" rocks-perfectly vertical spines of stone busting out of the crests of hills-that looked exactly like the plated armor on the dinosaur's back.
The Stalk 2004
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Yep, Hun-Grrr (or however the kids are spelling it nowadays) and Sinnertwin both fit in the category of two-headed dragon beast things (although Hun looks more like some kind of stegosaurus and Sinner looks more like a dog).
Transformers News 2010
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Aside from being 300 feet tall with stegosaurus-like armour plating, Godzilla heals very quickly as well as being incredibly resilient to injury.
TEN of TERROR: Top 10 Movie Monsters « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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My totem animal is the stegosaurus: slow, always noshing, barbed tail for occasional rage.
In Which We Answer The Rhetorical Questions Posed By Your Queries 2010
wingo commented on the word stegosaurus
citation! from alt text on http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic=982, "t-rex's friend is a stegosaurus. they met on a forum for people that like words."
May 1, 2007
treeseed commented on the word stegosaurus
The name Stegosaurus means "roof-lizard" and is derived from the Greek στέγος-, stegos- ("roof") and σαῦ�?ος, -sauros ("lizard").
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February 24, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word stegosaurus
Same context: once-fine ex-girlfriend
January 14, 2013