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stegosaurus

/ˌstɛɡəˈsɔːɹəs/

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From the genus name Stegosaurus. From Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).

noun stegosauruses · stegosauri

Any of the clade †Stegosauria of quadruped ornithischian dinosaurs with dorsal plates and spikes, alive during the Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods. "You will observe that both the pterodactyl and the stegosaurus are Jurassic, and therefore of a great age in the order of life."
Similar: stegosaur
in particular Any of the genus †Stegosaurus of herbivorous four-legged armored dinosaurs from the Late Jurassic, characterized by the distinctive kite-shaped upright plates along their backs and spikes on their tails.

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noun extinct reptile

Português	estegossauro
Français	stégosaure
Deutsch	Stegosaurus
Ελληνικά	στεγόσαυρος stegósavros
Română	stegozaur
Русский	стегоза́вр stegozávr

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@misc{stegosaurus_2026,
  title = {stegosaurus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stegosaurus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}